Science news articles about 'heart transplant recipients'

... , exercise training didn't improve heart or blood-vessel function. Those exercising improved ... Kroening, who went on to become the first heart-transplant recipient to complete an Ironman triathlon (2.4 ...

Heart transplant recipients' cardio-respiratory fitness is around 30 to 50 percent lower than age-matched healthy sedentary individuals. As a result, exercise rehabilitation should be very ...

Heart transplant recipients matched to a donor by gender fare better

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A heart transplant recipient who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said....