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SUBMITTER: Grunig E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3446533 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grünig Ekkehard E Maier Felicitas F Ehlken Nicola N Fischer Christine C Lichtblau Mona M Blank Norbert N Fiehn Christoph C Stöckl Frank F Prange Felix F Staehler Gerd G Reichenberger Frank F Tiede Henning H Halank Michael M Seyfarth Hans-Jürgen HJ Wagner Simone S Nagel Christian C
Arthritis research & therapy 20120618 3
<h4>Introduction</h4>The objective of this prospective study was to assess short- and long-term efficacy of exercise training (ET) as add-on to medical therapy in patients with connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (CTD-APAH).<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with invasively confirmed CTD-APAH received ET in-hospital for 3 weeks and continued at home for 12 weeks. Efficacy parameters have been evaluated at baseline and after 15 weeks by blinded-observers. Survival rate has ...[more]