Search for: [Abstract = "aining \(A \- 25 patients\) and without training \- control group \(B \- 25 patients, who lived far from the training center\). In both groups the following studies were performed at baseline\: spiroergometric test, echocardiography, MRI with evaluation of selected morphological and functional left ventricular parameters and MR spectroscopy of femoral skeletal muscles \(’HMRS\). At baseline the groups were comparable. Physical training in group A was carried out in the Out\-patient Rehabilitation Clinic of the I Cardiac Department CMUJ in Krakow for 6 months, three times a week, with sessions of 60 min each \(a mean of 72 training units for each patient\). Each training unit consisted of general exercises and bicycle training with gradually incremented workload limited by the achievement of 80% predicted heart rate at VOzpeak achieved at baseline spiroergometry. Results\: All patients completed the 6\-month observation. No unwanted effects were found in either group. In 10 training patients and 13 controls \(40% vs. 52%, p=NS\) it was necessary to modify the pharmacological therapy due to transient aggravation of heart failure symptoms. At 6 months exercise capacity improved significantly in group A\: peak oxygen consumption increased from 14.6±2.9 to 19.2±3.8.ml\/kg\/min \(p<0.01\), and ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide decreased from 38.4±4.1 to 34.3±3.9 \(p<0.05\). The aerobic phase was"]

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