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A Novel Digital Platform for a Monitored Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Published on: April 19, 2019
[Global therapy management of chronic heart failure during cardiac rehabilitation]
1Clinique de réadaptation cardiaque et vasculaire, cardiocéan, 25 allée de La-Tourtillière, Puilboreau, France. mubig@wanadoo.fr
Abstract:
Heart failure is a complex syndrome, whose treatment associates diet, medicine, educational sessions, exercise training, psychological and social help. During cardiac rehabilitation, heart failure patients start exercise training against reconditioning and wasting muscle tissues: segmental rehabilitation, steady state exercise or interval training, breathing physiotherapy, swimming pool, low frequency electric muscle stimulation, according to individualized training program, in association with salt free diet and fight against cardiovascular risk factors. Rehabilitation also helps to increase the dose of drugs according to international recommendations, looking after clinical and biological parameters, and allows including patients in educational sessions. These two last points seem to be a key role of rehabilitation. Thanks to these many actions, hold by multidisciplinary team trained to take care of chronic heart failure patients and to lead therapeutic education, cardiac rehabilitation is very useful for chronic heart failure patients, to help hospital and liberal management therapy of chronic heart failure and reduce medical cost. Rehabilitation counsels should be carried on in home-based program.
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