Role of cardiac rehabilitation in patient with pulmonary hypertension on functional capacity and quality of life

Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) continue to develop significant exertional symptoms and reduced quality of life despite receiving pharmacological therapy. Guidelines highlighted the importance of rehabilitation as part of management in PH. However, the cardiac rehabilitation program is still underused. We present a case of functional capacity improvement in patients with surgically corrected secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) with PH who underwent cardiac rehabilitation program. A 30-year-old female with a previous history of surgically corrected ASD went to our rehabilitation program in our hospital. She had a 3-weeks program of rehabilitation, and there were improvements in symptoms, clinical parameters, and quality of life after completion of the cardiac rehabilitation program. Rehabilitation can be an adjuvant for pharmacological therapy for PH that has been proven to improve the quality of life in patients with PH.

CT myocardial perfusion imaging complementing coronary CT angiography in a patient with a history of unstable angina: A case report

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) could show the morphological status of coronary stenosis. Moreover, computed tomography (CT) myocardial perfusion (CTP) could provide additional information to identify hypoattenuating areas that might complement the limitation of CCTA in terms of evaluating the functional status, adding to the diagnostic performance of CCTA. We reported the imaging features of coronary artery disease in a female patient with a history of unstable angina by evaluating the anatomic and functional information through CCTA and CT myocardial perfusion in one stop modality