Rs. Mckelvie et al., COMPARISON OF HEMODYNAMIC-RESPONSES TO CYCLING AND RESISTANCE EXERCISE IN CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE SECONDARY TO ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, The American journal of cardiology, 76(12), 1995, pp. 977
The purposes of this study in patients with congestive heart failure w
ere (1) to examine the acute cardiovascular responses to resistance ex
ercise, and (2) to compare them with responses during cycle ergometry.
Compared with cycling, resistance exercise produced a comparable syst
olic blood pressure (similar afterload), a lower rate-pressure product
(reflecting a lower myocardial oxygen demand), and a slower heart rat
e and higher diastolic blood pressure, which theoretically suggests be
tter myocardial perfusion.