Table 5. Potential Additional Benefits of Regular Aerobic Exercise for Heart Transplant Recipients [55]

Benefits
Improved submaximal exercise endurance
Increased peak treadmill exercise workload or peak cycle power output
Increased maximal HR
Decreased exercise HR at the same absolute submaximal workload
Increased ventilatory (anaerobic) threshold
Decreased submaximal exercise minute ventilation
Reduced VE/VCO2
Lessened symptoms of fatigue and/or dyspnea
Reduced rest and submaximal exercise systolic and diastolic BP
Decreased peak exercise diastolic BP
Reduced RPE at a fixed submaximal workload
Improved psychosocial function
Increased lean body mass
Reduced body fat mass
Increased bone mineral content
HR: heart rate, VE: minute ventilation, VCO2: carbon dioxide production, BP: blood pressure, RPE: rate of perceived exertion