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A cardiac rehabilitation exercise program potentially inhibits progressive inflammation in patients with severe Chagas cardiomyopathy: A pilot single-arm clinical trial

2020; Medknow; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/jrms.jrms_175_18

1735-7136

MauroFelippe Felix Mediano, Luiz Fernando Rodrigues, Fernanda de SouzaNogueira Sardinha Mendes, Valéria Augusta Cruz Pinto, Paula Simplício da Silva, GilbertoMarcelo Sperandio da Silva, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, AndréaSilvestre de Sousa,

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Cardiac rehabilitation exerts anti-inflammatory effect on several cardiovascular diseases; however, these effects were not described for Chagas cardiomyopathy, which is associated with pro-inflammatory imbalance.Ten patients with severe Chagas cardiomyopathy performed 8 months of exercise training in a cardiac rehabilitation program. Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-8, IL-10, interferon gamma (IF-γ), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) serum levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay at baseline, 4, and 8 months. The influence of exercise on cytokine levels was evaluated using the one-way analysis of variance for repeated measurements, with Bonferroni posttest for multiple comparisons.Levels of pro-inflammatory (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-8, IF-γ, and (MCP-1) and anti-inflammatory (IL-10) cytokines did not vary significantly during the observation period.Exercise may benefit patients with severe Chagas cardiomyopathy by curbing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in this disease characterized by a continuous state of inflammation.