Leg muscle exercise important for heart failure recovery
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Washington, Nov 1 : Leg muscle dysfunction is closely related to the severity of symptoms in heart failure patients, a new study has said.
Posts Tagged ‘Heart Failure’
Study Finds Heart Failure Patients Benefit from Leg Muscle Exercise
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Oct. 31, 2011 - Doctors should not only treat the heart muscle in chronic heart failure patients, but also their leg muscles through exercise, say researchers in a major new study of the disease that primarily hits senior citizens.
Leg muscle dysfunction related to severity of symptoms in heart failure patients
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Doctors should not only treat the heart muscle in chronic heart failure patients, but also their leg muscles through exercise, say researchers in a study published today in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Heart drug offers possible treatment for patients facing respiratory failure
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure, according to researchers in the Netherlands, who studied the effects of the drug on healthy volunteers. The drug, which is ...
Levosimendan may effectively improve muscle function in patients with respiratory failure
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure, according to researchers in the Netherlands, who studied the effects of the drug on healthy volunteers.