Why the study?
Does a 3-week rehabilitation program restore physiological cardiovascular responses to short-term head-out water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure and coronary artery disease?
Population
24 patients with chronic heart failure (n=12) and coronary artery disease (n=12)
Comparison
3-week rehabilitation program including gymnic… vs Baseline
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 weeks
Authors
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May inform preload adaptation monitoring during CHF rehabilitation; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does a 3-week rehabilitation program restore physiological cardiovascular responses to short-term head-out water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure and coronary artery disease?
A 3-week rehabilitation program restores normal central hemodynamic responses to water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure, suggesting improved adaptation to increased preload.
Mourot et al. (2010) studied this question.
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