# Inspanningstraining bij chronisch hartfalen met atriumfibrilleren

*geplaatst 2017-04-04 · Atriumfibrilleren · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · doi 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.01.032 · https://hartvaat.nl/2017/04/04/inspanningstraining-bij-chronisch-hartfalen-met-atriumfibrilleren/*

Studie naar het effect van gestructureerde inspanningstraining bij patiënten met de combinatie chronisch hartfalen en atriumfibrilleren — twee aandoeningen die vaak coëxisteren.

## English: Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation.

This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of aerobic exercise training in patients with the dual burden of chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation, a common but understudied combination in rehabilitation research.

## Abstract (original, from the publication)

BACKGROUND: The safety and efficacy of aerobic exercise in heart failure (HF) patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) has not been well evaluated. OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether outcomes with exercise training in HF vary according to AF status. METHODS: HF-ACTION (Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training) randomized 2,331 ambulatory HF patients with ejection fraction ≤35% to exercise training or usual care. We examined clinical characteristics and outcomes (mortality/hospitalization) by baseline AF status (past history of AF or AF on baseline electrocardiogram vs. no AF) using adjusted Cox models and explored an interaction with exercise training. We assessed post-randomization AF events diagnosed via hospitalizations for AF and reports of serious arrhythmia caused by AF. RESULTS: Of 2,292 patients with baseline rhythm data, 382 (17%) had AF, 1,602 (70%) had sinus rhythm, and 308 (13%) had "other" rhythm. Patients with AF were older and had lower peak Vo2. Over a median follow-up of 2.6 years, AF was associated with a 24% per year higher rate of mortality/hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.53; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.34 to 1.74; p < 0.001) in unadjusted analysis; this did not remain significant after adjustment (HR: 1.15; 95% CI: 0.98 to 1.35; p = 0.09). There was no significant difference in AF event rates by randomized treatment assignment in the overall population or by baseline AF status (all p > 0.10). There was no interaction between AF and exercise training on measures of functional status or clinical outcomes (all p > 0.10). CONCLUSIONS: AF in patients with chronic HF was associated with older age, reduced exercise capacity at baseline, and a higher overall rate of clinical events, but not a differential response to exercise training for clinical outcomes or changes in exercise capacity. (Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training [HF-ACTION]; NCT00047437).

Auteurs: Nancy Luo, Peter Merrill, Kishan S Parikh, David J Whellan, Ileana L Piña, Mona Fiuzat, William E Kraus, Dalane W Kitzman, Steven J Keteyian, Christopher M O'Connor, Robert J Mentz

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