Exercise Therapy for an Older Patient With Left Ventricular Assist Device
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 396-400, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-7438
ABSTRACT
A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a mechanical circulation support implanted for patients with end-stage heart failure. It may be used either as a bridge to cardiac transplantation or as a destination therapy. The health of a 75-year-old man with a medical history of systolic heart failure worsened. Therefore, he was recommended to have implanted a LVAD (Thoratec Corp.) as a destination therapy. After the surgery, he was enrolled in patient cardiac rehabilitation for the improvement of dyspnea and exercise capacity. In results, there is an improvement on his exercise capacity and quality of life. For the first time in Korea, we reported a benefit of exercise therapy after being implanted with a LVAD.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Rehabilitation
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Heart-Assist Devices
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Heart Transplantation
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Dyspnea
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Exercise Therapy
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Heart Failure, Systolic
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Heart Failure
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Korea
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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