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Patel H, Alkhawam H, Madanieh R, Shah N, Kosmas CE, Vittorio TJ. Aerobic vs anaerobic exercise training effects on the cardiovascular system. World J Cardiol 2017; 9(2): 134-138 [PMID: 28289526 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i2.134]
Harsh Patel, Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Brooklyn - School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States
Hassan Alkhawam, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Elmhurst), Elmhurst, NY 11373, United States
Raef Madanieh, Niel Shah, Timothy J Vittorio, St. Francis Hospital - the Heart Center®, Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Roslyn, NY 11576, United States
Constantine E Kosmas, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital Center, New York, NY 10029, United States
Author contributions: Patel H and Vittorio TJ conceived with an idea about this work and drafted the outline and main manuscript; Alkhawam H, Madanieh R, Shah N and Kosmas CE were responsible for critically reviewing the manuscript for intellectual content, reviewing of the literatures and editing a draft of the main manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None.
Correspondence to: Timothy J Vittorio, MS, MD, St. Francis Hospital - the Heart Center®, Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, 100 Port Washington Blvd., Roslyn, NY 11576, United States. t_vittorio@hotmail.com
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Received: September 13, 2016 Peer-review started: September 14, 2016 First decision: October 21, 2016 Revised: November 22, 2016 Accepted: December 7, 2016 Article in press: December 9, 2016 Published online: February 26, 2017 Processing time: 162 Days and 12.9 Hours
Abstract
Physical exercise is one of the most effective methods to help prevent cardiovascular (CV) disease and to promote CV health. Aerobic and anaerobic exercises are two types of exercise that differ based on the intensity, interval and types of muscle fibers incorporated. In this article, we aim to further elaborate on these two categories of physical exercise and to help decipher which provides the most effective means of promoting CV health.
Core tip: As the association between physical inactivity and the increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity solidified, further data and studies supported the advantages of exercise on physical well-being. Anaerobic and aerobic exercise have a favorable effect on lipid metabolism, anaerobic exercises have been shown to have a positive influence on the lipid profile.
