Why the study?
Does warm water immersion affect cardiac function in elderly patients with biventricular systolic heart failure?
Population
1 elderly man with biventricular systolic heart failure
Comparison
Warm water immersion (hydrotherapy) vs Land measurements
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May signal acute RV strain with warm water immersion in elderly biventricular HF; single case leaves open generalizability and need for prospective study.
Does warm water immersion affect cardiac function in elderly patients with biventricular systolic heart failure?
Warm water immersion may acutely worsen right ventricular function and increase right ventricular pressure in elderly patients with biventricular systolic heart failure.
Grüner et al. (2013) studied this question.
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