Exercise testing has become an integral component of the management of patients with
chronic heart failure. Exercise and heart failure can be seen to have a dynamic interrelationship, in which exercise can provide important diagnostic information, yet can also be used to assess the effectiveness of treatment regimes, and as a therapeutic intervention in itself. This is the first book that directly and comprehensively addresses the issues involving exercise patients with heart failure and
heart transplants. It presents a unique and comprehensive overview of epidemiological, physiological and clinical aspects of this relationship.The text covers the physiology of myocardial dysfunction, the