Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine· 2019Q1
Effects of Exercise to Improve Cardiovascular Health
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Short summary
Exercise improves cardiovascular health by enhancing mitochondrial function, restoring vasculature, and releasing myokines from skeletal muscle.
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Key points
- Exercise combats obesity and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D).
- Exercise enhances mitochondrial function, contributing to cardiovascular health.
- Exercise restores and improves the health of blood vessels.
- Skeletal muscle releases myokines during exercise that preserve or augment cardiovascular function.
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Abstract
Obesity is a complex disease that affects whole body metabolism and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Physical exercise results in numerous health benefits and is an important tool to combat obesity and its co-morbidities, including cardiovascular disease. Exercise prevents both the onset and development of cardiovascular disease and is an important therapeutic tool to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease. Some benefits of exercise include enhanced mitochondrial function, restoration and improvement of vasculature, and the release of myokines from skeletal muscle that preserve or augment cardiovascular function. In this review we will discuss the mechanisms through which exercise promotes cardiovascular health.
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