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Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in Heart Failure

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Clinical Cases in Right Heart Failure

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Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a comprehensive program designed to improve both the mental and physical health of an individual. CR is a safe, cost-effective, and sustainable adjunct therapy for cardiovascular disease. CR consists of three phases (1) inpatient assessment by physical and occupational therapy during index hospitalization, (2) outpatient monitored program focusing on exercise training and addressing cardiovascular risk factors for 12 weeks and (3) emphasis on independent lifestyle modification and management of cardiac conditions. CR has been shown to improve quality of life, increase physical activity tolerance, reduce hospitalizations, and improve morbidity and mortality. This case highlights the role of CR in a patient with biventricular heart failure (HF). The role of CR in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), left ventricular assist device and heart transplant recipients is also reviewed. Due to the lack of specific data for right heart failure (RHF), evidence of CR in patients with pulmonary hypertension is extrapolated to RHF.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Steward St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, MA, USA

    Uyen T. Lam

  2. Division of Cardiology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA

    Philip A. Ades

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Lam, U.T., Ades, P.A. (2020). Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in Heart Failure. In: Tsao, L., Afari, M. (eds) Clinical Cases in Right Heart Failure. Clinical Cases in Cardiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38662-7_11

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