Early Exercise Training in Patients Following Heart Valve Surgery for Infective Endocarditis.

A prospective, interventional, single-group, single centre study to evaluate the feasibility of early aerobic exercise training in patients following heart valve surgery for infective endocarditis.

Inclusion Criteria:(1)patients presenting with confirmed infectious endocarditis, with left-sided heart valve surgery and without arterial embolus,(2)being residents of Northern Norway,(3)willing and able to give informed consent 4-21 days after the heart valve surgery.Exclusion Criteria:(1)patients who are hemodynamically or respiratory unstable, have temperature > 38 or positive blood cultures(2)clinically significant serious concurrents medical condition such as premorbid illnesses and other concurrens serious infection which could affect the safety or tolerability of the intervention(3)clinically significant concurrens musculoskeletal disorder or other concurrent disease or injury that may inhibit physical activity.