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Title: The carvedilol's beta-blockade in heart failure and exercise training's sympathetic blockade in healthy athletes during the rest and peak effort. Author: Carvalho VO, Bocchi EA, Guimarães GV. Journal: Cardiovasc Ther; 2010 Apr; 28(2):87-92. PubMed ID: 20398097. Abstract: In recent years, beta-blocker therapy has become a primary pharmacologic intervention in patients with heart failure by blocking the sympathetic activity. To compare the exercise training's sympathetic blockade in healthy subjects (athletes) and the carvedilol's sympathetic blockade in sedentary heart failure patients by the evaluation of the heart rate dynamic during an exercise test. A total of 26 optimized and 49 nonoptimized heart failure patients in a stable condition (for, at least, 3 months), 15 healthy athletes and 17 sedentary healthy subjects were recruited to perform a cardiopulmonary exercise test. The heart rate dynamic (rest, reserve, peak and the peak heart rate in relation to the maximum predicted for age) was analyzed and compared between the four groups. The heart rate reserve was the same between optimized (48 +/- 15) and nonoptimized (49 +/- 18) heart failure patients (P < 0.0001). The athletes (188 +/- 9) showed a larger heart rate reserve compared to sedentary healthy subjects (92 +/- 10, P < 0.0001). Athletes and healthy sedentary reached the maximum age-predicted heart ratefor their age, but none of the heart failure patients did. The carvedilol's sympathetic blockade occurred during the rest and during the peak effort in the same proportion, but the exercise training's sympathetic blockade in healthy subjects occurred mainly in the rest.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]