Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients With Heart Failure: JACC Expert Panel
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
3-23-2021
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume
77
Issue
11
DOI
10.1016/j.jacc.2021.01.030
Keywords
activity; cardiac rehabilitation; exercise; exercise training; functional status; heart failure
Abstract
© 2021 Cardiac rehabilitation is defined as a multidisciplinary program that includes exercise training, cardiac risk factor modification, psychosocial assessment, and outcomes assessment. Exercise training and other components of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are safe and beneficial and result in significant improvements in quality of life, functional capacity, exercise performance, and heart failure (HF)–related hospitalizations in patients with HF. Despite outcome benefits, cost-effectiveness, and strong practice guideline recommendations, CR remains underused. Clinicians, health care leaders, and payers should prioritize incorporating CR as part of the standard of care for patients with HF.
APA Citation
Bozkurt, B., Fonarow, G., Goldberg, L., Guglin, M., Josephson, R., Forman, D., Lin, G., Lindenfeld, J., O'Connor, C., Panjrath, G., Piña, I., Shah, T., Sinha, S., & Wolfel, E. (2021). Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients With Heart Failure: JACC Expert Panel. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 77 (11). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.01.030