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How Does Exercise Prevent Heart Disease?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Exercise in a regular pattern is one of the important life style modifications which everyone can adopt to prevent or delay cardiovascular disease. Exercise helps in various ways for prevention of cardiovascular disease. Regular exercise conditions the body so that the effort tolerance, lung and muscle function improve.

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Sick Sinus Syndrome

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When you exercise or are having a stress, the rate increases gradually. If a blood vessel of the brain is blocked, it results in weakness of a side known as stroke. This will prevent migration of clot and the occurrence of stroke. Sinus node, known in short as SA node, is situated in the right upper part of the heart.

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What is athlete’s heart?

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During aerobic exercise which is isotonic, the heart rate and stroke volume increases. Isometric exercise or weight training on the other hand causes only slight increase in cardiac output due to increase in heart rate. Effect of exercise on right ventricle.

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Walking Backwards as a Fitness Measure?

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I have also tried it while walking inside my living room so that I don’t have to turn back every time I reach the end of room as part of indoor exercise. First I went through a randomized controlled study which assessed the effect of backward walking observational training on gait parameters and balance in chronic stroke.

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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SAM causes LVOTO, increased ejection time and a decreased stroke volume, as well as mitral regurgitation due to poor coaptation of the leaflets. Dynamic gradient may be sought by glyceryl trinitrate, Valsalva manoeuvre, standing position or even symptom limited exercise. Severity of SAM can be quantified by SAM septal contact time.