Florian Zores, Marie-Christine Iliou, Barnabas Gellen, Sophie Kubas, Emmanuelle Berthelot, Pascal Guillo, Fabrice Bauer, Nicolas Lamblin, Gilles Bosser, Thibaud Damy, Alain Cohen-Solal, Florence Beauvais
Physical activity is important in heart failure to improve functional capacity, quality of life and prognosis, and is a class IA recommendation in the European Society of Cardiology guidelines (Ponikowski et al., 2016). The benefits of exercise training are widely recognized. Cardiac rehabilitation centres offer tailored exercise training to patients with heart failure, as part of specialized multidisciplinary care, alongside pharmacological treatment optimization and patient education. After cardiac rehabilitation, maintenance of regular physical activity long term is essential, as the benefits of exercise training vanish within a few weeks...
November 2019: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases