Prioritizing functional capacity as a principal end point for therapies oriented to older adults with cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement for healthcare …

DE Forman, R Arena, R Boxer, MA Dolansky, JJ Eng… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Adults are living longer, and cardiovascular disease is endemic in the growing population of
older adults who are surviving into old age. Functional capacity is a key metric in this …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of resistance exercise with cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality

Y Liu, DC Lee, Y Li, W Zhu, R Zhang, X Sui… - Medicine and science …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Resistance exercise (RE) can improve many cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
factors, but specific data on the effects on CVD events and mortality are lacking. We …

Exercise prescription in patients with different combinations of cardiovascular disease risk factors: a consensus statement from the EXPERT working group

D Hansen, J Niebauer, V Cornelissen, O Barna… - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
Whereas exercise training is key in the management of patients with cardiovascular disease
(CVD) risk (obesity, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, hypertension), clinicians experience difficulties …

Feasibility of obtaining measures of lifestyle from a smartphone app: the MyHeart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study

MV McConnell, A Shcherbina, A Pavlovic… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Studies have established the importance of physical activity and fitness, yet
limited data exist on the associations between objective, real-world physical activity patterns …

Management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity

CJ Lavie, R Arena, MA Alpert, RV Milani… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with obesity presents
numerous challenges. Obesity has a negative effect on almost all of the major CVD risk …

Randomized clinical trials of cardiovascular disease in obstructive sleep apnea: understanding and overcoming bias

AI Pack, UJ Magalang, B Singh, ST Kuna, BT Keenan… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Three recent randomized control trials (RCTs) found that treatment of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) did not reduce rates of future …

Obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: a compendium

PE Scherer, JA Hill - Circulation research, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
1704 Circulation Research May 27, 2016 of epigenetic mechanisms contributing to
macrovascular disease in diabetes. The authors highlight the recent identification of …

[HTML][HTML] Physical exercise and immune system in the elderly: implications and importance in COVID-19 pandemic period

FR Scartoni, LO Sant'Ana, E Murillo-Rodriguez… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Physical exercise is seen as the main ally for health promotion, preventing and protecting
the organism from several diseases. According to WHO, there is a tendency of constant …

Frailty and sarcopenia as the basis for the phenotypic manifestation of chronic diseases in older adults

J Angulo, M El Assar, L Rodriguez-Manas - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Frailty is a functional status that precedes disability and is characterized by decreased
functional reserve and increased vulnerability. In addition to disability, the frailty phenotype …

National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of heart failure in …

JJ Atherton, A Sindone, CG De Pasquale… - Heart, Lung and …, 2018 - heartlungcirc.org
A transthoracic echocardiogram is recommended in patients with suspected heart failure, to
improve diagnostic accuracy, and in patients with a new diagnosis of heart failure, to assess …