Exercise and heart failure: assessment and treatment
- 1 May 2006
- Vol. 92 (5) , 699-703
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2005.073643
Abstract
Exercise has a number of possible uses in patients with chronic heart failure. Exercise testing can help: (1) establish the diagnosis and the underlying cause of heart failure; (2) assess severity of heart failure and stratify risk; (3) monitor the response to treatment; and (4) explore the pathophysiology of exercise limitation in heart failure. Finally, exercise can be used as a prescription for some heart failure patients to help reduce symptoms and possibly improve outcome.Keywords
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