Exercise Therapy for an Older Patient With Left Ventricular Assist Device
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 396-400, 2014.
Artigo
em Inglês
| 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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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Reabilitação
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Coração Auxiliar
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Transplante de Coração
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Dispneia
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Terapia por Exercício
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Insuficiência Cardíaca Sistólica
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Insuficiência Cardíaca
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Coreia (Geográfico)
Limite:
Idoso
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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