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Exercise therapy for elderly heart failure patients.

Jerome L Fleg¹

¹Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, USA. flegj@nhlbi.nih.gov

Heart Failure Clinics

|October 2, 2007

Summary

Exercise training is now a safe and effective therapy for heart failure (HF) patients, improving their functional capacity and quality of life. Older adults with HF may particularly benefit from this approach.

Area of Science:

Cardiology
Exercise Physiology
Geriatrics

Background:

Heart failure (HF) is characterized by exercise intolerance.
Historically, bed rest was recommended for HF patients.
Recent evidence supports exercise as a viable treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the literature on exercise training in heart failure.
To emphasize the benefits for older patients with HF.

Main Methods:

Systematic review of accumulated literature.
Focus on studies involving exercise interventions in HF patients.
Analysis of physiological and quality of life outcomes.

Main Results:

Exercise training is safe for HF patients.

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Significant improvements observed in functional capacity.

Positive effects on physiological variables and quality of life.

Conclusions:

Exercise training is a beneficial therapeutic modality for heart failure.
Older individuals with HF show substantial gains from exercise.
Exercise should be considered in HF management strategies.