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New drug makes exercise, everyday tasks easier for people with common heart condition

Science Daily - Heart Disease

People with the heart condition obstructive cardiomyopathy were able to use significantly more oxygen while exercising after taking the investigational drug aficamten, according to a new study.

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The Risks and Benefits of 'Too Much' Exercise

Physiologically Speaking

These numbers indicate rising participation — an increase in people involved in chronic endurance exercise training for the sake of competition and health. We know exercise, and especially a marathon, stresses the heart. ” Isn’t exercise good for us? ” Isn’t exercise good for us? 

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Exercise ECGs Highly Specific for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Exercise electrocardiographic (ECG) stress tests appeared to reliably indicate that some patients with angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) actually had coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), preliminary evidence.

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How Does Exercise Prevent Heart Disease?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Exercise in a regular pattern is one of the important life style modifications which everyone can adopt to prevent or delay cardiovascular disease. Exercise helps in various ways for prevention of cardiovascular disease. Regular exercise conditions the body so that the effort tolerance, lung and muscle function improve.

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Pediatric Exercise Testing

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Discussion on pediatric exercise testing. Pediatric exercise testing may be used for evaluation of various disorders of cardiac rhythm rather than for inducible ischemia as in adults. In a child with suspected sinus node dysfunction, chronotropic incompetence from sinus node dysfunction can be assessed by exercise testing.

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ACC.24 Sports and Exercise Cardiology Highlights

American College of Cardiology

24), which took place April 6-8, 2024, in Atlanta, GA, included several important Sports and Exercise Cardiology sessions. The 2024 American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions (ACC.24),

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Bodyweight Exercises Improve Strength, Patient-Reported Outcomes in Female Patients with RA

HCPLive

A 6-week bodyweight exercise program led to improved muscle strength, range of motion, and physical fitness test results in female patients with RA.

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