Exercise Training and Heart Failure: A Review of the Literature
Key result
Exercise and cardiac rehabilitation are recommended but underused therapeutic options for patients with congestive heart failure despite international guidelines and Medicare coverage.
Why the study?
Exercise and cardiac rehabilitation remain underused in congestive heart failure despite guideline recommendations and Medicare coverage in the US.
Population
Patients with congestive heart failure
Comparison
Exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation
Design
Literature review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Requires quality improvement to boost cardiac rehabilitation uptake in heart failure; leaves open research on effective implementation strategies.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with congestive heart failure
I
Intervention
Exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation
Exercise and cardiac rehabilitation remain underused in congestive heart failure despite international guideline recommendations.
Cite This Study
Morris et al. (2019) studied this question. Exercise and cardiac rehabilitation are recommended but underused therapeutic options for patients with congestive heart failure despite international guidelines and Medicare coverage.