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The purpose of this study was to determine whether ET can induce changes in LV diastolic filling that can account for an increase in exercise capacity and whether these changes can influence prognosis.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:italic>Methods and Results<\/jats:italic>\n            We prospectively studied 55 consecutive patients (mean age, 55\u00b17 years) with DCM. Patients were randomized into a training group (36 patients) or a control untrained group (19 patients) and matched for clinical and functional characteristics. All patients underwent a pulsed Doppler echocardiographic study, a radionuclide angiographic study, and a cardiopulmonary exercise test before and after a 2-month ET program. On the basis of the Doppler LV diastolic filling pattern at the beginning of the study, patients were prospectively divided into three subgroups: A (restrictive pattern), B (\u201cnormal\u201d pattern), and C (abnormal relaxation pattern). In the trained group, peak V\n            <jats:sc>o<\/jats:sc>\n            <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n            (+12%;\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.0001), peak workload (+8.5%;\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.005), and lactic acidosis threshold (+12%;\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.0001) were significantly increased after training without changes in LV ejection fraction. However, only subgroup C demonstrated significant improvement in peak V\n            <jats:sc>o<\/jats:sc>\n            <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n            (+15%;\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.005). No changes were observed in the untrained group. In the trained subgroups a significant increase in rapid filling fraction (RFF), peak filling rate (PFR), peak early filling velocity (E), and E\/A ratio was noted. A significant decrease in atrial filling fraction (AFF), peak atrial filling velocity (A), deceleration time of early filling velocity (EDT), and isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) was observed only in subgroup C. No changes were found in untrained subgroups. A good correlation was found between Doppler and radionuclide LV diastolic filling parameters before and after training (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.0001). Multiple stepwise regression analysis demonstrated that pretraining E\/A ratio (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.0001) and peak heart rate (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.0002) were positive predictors of pretraining peak V\n            <jats:sc>o<\/jats:sc>\n            <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n            . Posttraining increase in exercise tolerance (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.0001) and increase in E\/A ratio (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.0001) were the strongest predictors of an increase in peak V\n            <jats:sc>o<\/jats:sc>\n            <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n            . The independent predictors of cardiac events were a greater RFF and a shorter IVRT and EDT. Stepwise logistic regression showed that Doppler LV diastolic filling patterns are independent predictors of overall cardiac events (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.02), and restrictive pattern has a worse prognosis compared with B (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.04) and C (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.007). However, ET did not reach statistical significance (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.54) as a predictor of cardiac events.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n            These data demonstrate that ET induces significant improvement in exercise capacity only in patients with DCM and a pattern of abnormal LV relaxation. The improvement in peak V\n            <jats:sc>o<\/jats:sc>\n            <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n            is significantly correlated with an increase in peak early filling rate and peak filling rate as well as a decrease in atrial filling rate. Doppler echocardiography may be a valuable tool in the prognostic assessment of patients with DCM who will benefit from exercise training.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1161\/01.cir.91.11.2775","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,6,12]],"date-time":"2012-06-12T00:34:42Z","timestamp":1339461282000},"page":"2775-2784","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":125,"title":["Exercise Training Improves Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"91","author":[{"given":"Romualdo","family":"Belardinelli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From Divisione di Cardiologia I, Ospedale Cardiologico \u201cG.M. 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