Beneficial effects of moderate exercise in arterial hypertension.
Beneficial effects of moderate exercise in arterial hypertension.
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适度运动对动脉高血压的有益作用。
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10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.128652
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2009
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Schulze,PChristian
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Schulze,PChristian
Exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness have long been associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality and overall longevity in apparently healthy individuals and also in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases. 1, 2 It is part of the general recommendations for lifestyle modifications in patients with early forms of cardiovascular disease and has been associated with changes in multiple cardiac risk factors, such as lipid metabolism, insulin resistance, weight, inflammation, and psychosocial variables. 3, 4 Effects of exercise on blood pressure are mild to moderate, with an average reduction of J10 mmHg systolic and J8 mmHg diastolic. However, exercise as a specific therapeutic intervention is difficult to evaluate and dose. 3 Controversy exists on the specific form of exercise, such as aerobic versus resistance training, as well as the intensity, duration, and training intervals of the specific form of exercise chosen as a lifestyle intervention regimen. 4 Experimental evidence from animal models and clinical data in individuals with hypertension suggest that cardiac and vascular remodeling in hypertension are positively influenced by exercise but also showed detrimental results associated with excessive exercise in an animal model of hypertension. 5 Miyachi et al6 studied the effects of moderate exercise on cardiovascular remodeling and function in an established animal model of hypertension with resulting heart failure (male salt-sensitive Dahl rats). Rats were exercised by swimming for 1 hour per day, 5 days per week, for 9 weeks, and sedentary animals on a high-salt diet served as controls, whereas a second control group consisted of Dahl rats on a low-salt diet (that do not develop hypertension). The exercise regimen started at the relatively young age of 9 weeks and lasted for 9 weeks. Animals in the exercise group had similar blood pressure as measured by tail cuff compared with the sedentary control group with progressive increase over the study period. Exercise lowered the resting heart rate of animals with salt-induced hypertension in the early phase of the exercise regimen, a potentially beneficial effect that was, however, lost over time. Overall mortality was high in the sedentary group of animals with salt-induced hypertension (56%) and was dramatically reduced in the exercise arm of the study (12%). This exciting finding alone argues for strong beneficial effects of exercise in this animal model of hypertension and heart failure. Through their careful and focused analysis of cardiac function, structure, histomorphology, and molecular signaling pattern, the authors provide several answers to the questions that triggered their investigation of exercise as an intervention to prevent the onset of heart failure in hypertension.Animals in the exercise group also had less hypertrophy indicated by smaller wall thickness of both the left and the right ventricle but slightly enlarged left ventricles compared with their sedentary counterparts. Most notably, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure increased in the sedentary group as an indicator of the development of heart failure but remained at the same level in both the exercise group and in the control group. This was accompanied by normal lung mass in the exercise group, with significantly increased lung mass in the sedentary group.