Clinical Perspectives

Effect of Enalapril on Survival in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions and Congestive Heart Failure

1991 • 8,296 citations

Effect of Captopril on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Myocardial Infarction

1992 • 5,885 citations

Effect of Enalapril on Mortality and the Development of Heart Failure in Asymptomatic Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions

1992 • 3,708 citations

The Natural History of Congestive Heart Failure: The Framingham Study

1971 • 3,350 citations

Controlled trial of physical training in chronic heart failure. Exercise performance, hemodynamics, ventilation, and autonomic function.

1992 • 963 citations

Lack of correlation between exercise capacity and indexes of resting left ventricular performance in heart failure

1981 • 899 citations

Alterations of skeletal muscle in chronic heart failure.

1992 • 787 citations

Exercise training in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Hemodynamic and metabolic effects.

1988 • 701 citations

Prediction of mortality and morbidity with a 6-minute walk test in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. SOLVD Investigators

1993 • 685 citations

Economic impact of heart failure in the United States: time for a different approach.

1994 • 669 citations

Physical Training Improves Endothelial Function in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

1996 • 638 citations

Physical training in patients with stable chronic heart failure: Effects on cardiorespiratory fitness and ultrastructural abnormalities of leg muscles

1995 • 577 citations

Correlates and prognostic implication of exercise capacity in chronic congestive heart failure

1985 • 505 citations

Effects of physical training in chronic heart failure

1990 • 443 citations

Physical training improves skeletal muscle metabolism in patients with chronic heart failure

1993 • 390 citations

Effects of Endurance Training on Mitochondrial Ultrastructure and Fiber Type Distribution in Skeletal Muscle of Patients With Stable Chronic Heart Failure

1997 • 382 citations

Symptoms and quality of life in heart failure: the muscle hypothesis

1994 • 324 citations

Low intensity exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure

1995 • 311 citations

Exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure delays ventilatory anaerobic threshold and improves submaximal exercise performance.

1989 • 291 citations

Risk factors for heart failure in the general population: The study of men born in 1913

1989 • 246 citations

Benefit of Selective Respiratory Muscle Training on Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

1995 • 245 citations

Exercise Training in Patients with Heart Failure A Randomized, Controlled Trial

1996 • 238 citations

Mechanism of the increased ventilatory response to exercise in patients with chronic heart failure.

1990 • 236 citations

Skeletal muscle response to exercise training in congestive heart failure.

1990 • 213 citations

Exercise responses before and after physical conditioning in patients with severely depressed left ventricular function

1982 • 213 citations

Reversal of autonomic derangements by physical training in chronic heart failure assessed by heart rate variability

1995 • 203 citations

Effect of High Intensity Exercise Training on Central Hemodynamic Responses to Exercise in Men With Reduced Left Ventricular Function

1997 • 197 citations

Effects of exercise training in patients with congestive heart failure: A critical review

1995 • 186 citations

Exercise Training Improves Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy

1995 • 174 citations

Long-term effects of physical training on coronary patients with impaired ventricular function.

1979 • 173 citations

Effect of Exercise Training on Myocardial Remodeling in Patients With Reduced Left Ventricular Function After Myocardial Infarction

1997 • 172 citations

Randomized 4-week exercise program in patients with impaired left ventricular function.

1991 • 166 citations

Physical responses to different modes of interval exercise in patients with chronic heart failure--application to exercise training

1996 • 161 citations

High intensity knee extensor training, in patients with chronic heart failure: Major skeletal muscle improvement

1996 • 154 citations

Incidence of heart failure in eastern Finland: a population-based surveillance study

1992 • 152 citations

Prevalence of heart failure in three general practices in north west London.

1992 • 149 citations

Exercise Training in Patients With Severe Congestive Heart Failure: Enhancing Peak Aerobic Capacity While Minimizing the Increase in Ventricular Wall Stress

1997 • 143 citations

Circulatory Status and Response to Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients With Heart Failure

1996 • 133 citations

Effect of captopril on mortality and morbidity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction. Results of the survival and ventricular enlargement trial

1993 • 125 citations

The Benefit of Graded Physical Exercise in Chronic Heart Failure

1992 • 124 citations

Muscle metaboreceptors in hemodynamic, autonomic, and ventilatory responses to exercise in men

1995 • 115 citations

Effects of exercise training and activity restriction on 6-minute walking test performance in patients with chronic heart failure

1997 • 114 citations

Training partially reverses skeletal muscle metabolic abnormalities during exercise in heart failure

1994 • 104 citations

Costs and Effectiveness of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

1994 • 101 citations

Ventilation in chronic heart failure: effects of physical training

1992 • 93 citations

Comparison of different methods for assessing sympathovagal balance in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to coronary artery disease

1992 • 90 citations

Effects of exercise training on left ventricular filling at rest and during exercise in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction

1996 • 79 citations

Abnormalities in exercising skeletal muscle in congestive heart failure can be explained in terms of decreased mitochondrial ATP synthesis, reduced metabolic efficiency, and increased glycogenolysis.

1996 • 78 citations

The anaerobic threshold in chronic heart failure. Relation to blood lactate, ventilatory basis, reproducibility, and response to exercise training.

1990 • 73 citations

The heart failure epidemic: magnitude of the problem and potential mitigating approaches

1996 • 72 citations

Exercise-Related Ventilatory Abnormalities and Survival in Congestive Heart Failure

1997 • 71 citations

Physical Training Enhances Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control of Heart Rate and Peripheral Vessels in Chronic Heart Failure

1996 • 70 citations

Markedly improved skeletal muscle function with local muscle training in patients with chronic heart failure

1996 • 68 citations

Exercise rehabilitation in chronic heart failure

1993 • 63 citations

Survey on heart failure in Italian hospital cardiology units: Results of the SEOSI study

1997 • 58 citations

Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibition and physical training in heart failure

1991 • 58 citations

Predictors of response to exercise training in severe chronic congestive heart failure

1997 • 56 citations

Improved quality of life inchronic heart failure patients following local endurance training with leg muscles

1996 • 51 citations

Exercise performance of the high risk acute myocardial infarction patient after cardiac rehabilitation

1988 • 50 citations

Arm Exercise Training in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Impaired Ventricular Function and Heart Failure

1990 • 29 citations

Costs and effectiveness of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in patients with congestive heart failure

1994 • 22 citations

Physical Rehabilitation in Coronary Patients Who Have Suffered from Episodes of Cardiac Failure

1992 • 22 citations

Prevention of Stroke by Antihypertensive Drug Treatment in Older Persons With Isolated Systolic Hypertension

1992 • 19 citations

The benefit of graded physical exercise in chronic heart failure

1992 • 11 citations

Effects of enalapril on mortality and the development of heart failure in asymptomatic patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fractions

1993 • 9 citations

Reversal of Autonomic Derangements by Physical Training in Chronic Heart Failure Assessed by Heart Rate Variability

1996 • 8 citations

Benefit of Selective Respiratory Muscle Training on Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

1996 • 7 citations

Ventricular Arrhythmias in Rehabilitated and Nonrehabilitated Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

1994 • 4 citations

Experience From Controlled Trials of Physical Training in Chronic Heart Failure. Protocol and Patient Factors in Effectiveness in the Improvement in Exercise Tolerance.

1998 • 2 citations