Exercising With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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Researchers in Brazil and the United Kingdom have identified another reason to get up and get moving. Reporting their findings in “Voluntary Exercise Delays Heart Failure Onset in Rats with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension,” which was published in American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology, a team led by Dr. Antonio J. Natali at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa identified that overall heart health is enhanced by exercise and can delay the onset of right heart failure induced by pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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