Daily Archives: January 15, 2009

Mayo Clinic Study reveals heart function’s effect on exercise capacity

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that abnormalities of diastolic function — when the heart is in its relaxation phase — are strongly related to decreased exercise ability, particularly as patients age. The study will be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Jan. 21 issue .
The study evaluated nearly 3,000 patients whose physicians had [...]