Exercise Therapy for an Older Patient With Left Ventricular Assist Device.
10.5535/arm.2014.38.3.396
- Author:
Won Hah PARK
1
;
Yong Gon SEO
;
Ji Dong SUNG
Author Information
1. Divison of Sports Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yongon79@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD);
Exercise therapy;
Destination therapy
- MeSH:
Aged;
Dyspnea;
Exercise Therapy*;
Heart Failure;
Heart Failure, Systolic;
Heart Transplantation;
Heart-Assist Devices*;
Humans;
Korea;
Quality of Life;
Rehabilitation
- From:Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
2014;38(3):396-400
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
