Key result
Cardiac rehabilitation demonstrates effectiveness in acute heart failure, expanding evidence beyond chronic cases.
Why the study?
Much of the evidence for cardiac rehabilitation interventions has been limited to chronic heart failure, but evidence in acute heart failure has recently emerged.
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve outcomes in patients with acute heart failure?
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve outcomes in patients with acute heart failure?
This review summarizes recent evidence supporting the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation interventions in patients with acute heart failure, extending the established benefits seen in chronic heart failure.
May support cardiac rehabilitation in acute HF; extends evidence from chronic HF but remains hypothesis-generating pending trials.
Acute heart failure is associated with high mortality and frequent rehospitalization, resulting in enormous healthcare costs and declining physical function, activities of daily living, and quality of life. Cardiac rehabilitation has been recommended as one of the non-pharmacologic treatments for patients with heart failure. However, much of the evidence for cardiac rehabilitation interventions reported to date has been limited to chronic heart failure. In recent years, the effectiveness of rehabilitation intervention in patients with acute heart failure has been reported, led by the Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure Patients (REHAB-HF) trial. This review overviews the recent evidence of rehabilitation in patients with acute heart failure.
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Ueno et al. (2022) conducted a review in Acute heart failure. Cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated. Cardiac rehabilitation interventions have recently demonstrated effectiveness in patients with acute heart failure, expanding the evidence base previously limited to chronic heart failure.
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