Noninvasive ventilation improves the cardiovascular response and fatigability during resistance exercise in patients with heart failure.

Purpose: Noninvasive ventilation may improve cardiovascular function and exercise performance. We evaluated the physiologic impact of noninvasive ventilation during isokinetic knee extension resistance exercise in patients with heart failure.

Methods: This clinical trial included 10 male compensated patients with ischemic heart failure (age, 57 ± 9.