PMID- 25740582
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150526
LR  - 20150323
IS  - 1349-3299 (Electronic)
IS  - 1349-2365 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015
TI  - Waon therapy improves quality of life as well as cardiac function and exercise 
      capacity in patients with chronic heart failure.
PG  - 203-8
LID - 10.1536/ihj.14-266 [doi]
AB  - Waon therapy (WT), which in Japanese means soothing warmth, is a repeated sauna 
      therapy that improves cardiac and vascular endothelial function in patients with 
      chronic heart failure (CHF). We investigated whether WT could improve the quality 
      of life (QOL) of CHF patients in addition to improving cardiac function and 
      exercise capacity.A total of 49 CHF patients (69 +/- 14 years old) were treated 
      with a 60 degrees C far infrared-ray dry sauna bath for 15 minutes and then kept in a bed 
      covered with blankets for 30 minutes once a day for 3 weeks. At baseline and 3 
      weeks after starting WT, cardiac function, 6-minute walk distance (6MWD), flow 
      mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery, and SF36-QOL scores were 
      determined.WT significantly improved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), 
      B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), 6MWD, and FMD (3.6 +/- 2.3 to 5.1 +/- 2.8%, P < 
      0.01). Moreover, WT significantly improved not only the physical (PC) but also 
      mental component (MC) of the QOL scores. WT-induced improvement of PC was 
      negatively correlated with changes in BNP (r = -0.327, P < 0.05), but MC 
      improvement was not related directly to changes in BNP, LVEF, or 6MWD. WT-induced 
      changes in MC were not parallel to PC improvement.WT improved QOL as well as 
      cardiac function and exercise capacity in patients with CHF. Mental QOL improved 
      independently of WT-induced improvement of cardiac function and exercise 
      capacity.
FAU - Sobajima, Mitsuo
AU  - Sobajima M
AD  - Second Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University 
      of Toyama.
FAU - Nozawa, Takashi
AU  - Nozawa T
FAU - Fukui, Yasutaka
AU  - Fukui Y
FAU - Ihori, Hiroyuki
AU  - Ihori H
FAU - Ohori, Takashi
AU  - Ohori T
FAU - Fujii, Nozomu
AU  - Fujii N
FAU - Inoue, Hiroshi
AU  - Inoue H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150227
PL  - Japan
TA  - Int Heart J
JT  - International heart journal
JID - 101244240
RN  - 114471-18-0 (Natriuretic Peptide, Brain)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Endothelium, Vascular/*physiopathology
MH  - Exercise Tolerance/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - *Steam Bath
MH  - Stroke Volume/physiology
MH  - Vasodilation/*physiology
EDAT- 2015/03/06 06:00
MHDA- 2015/05/27 06:00
CRDT- 2015/03/06 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/03/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/05/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1536/ihj.14-266 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Heart J. 2015;56(2):203-8. doi: 10.1536/ihj.14-266. Epub 2015 Feb 27.