Key result
Early physical rehabilitation safely increases 6-minute walk distance by ~130 meters in a heart transplant case.
Why the study?
There is a lack of clear data on the optimal timing for initiating physical rehabilitation, use of exercise testing, and types of training after heart transplantation.
Does early rehabilitation improve functional recovery in a patient after orthotopic heart transplantation?
Comparison
Early rehabilitation initiated in early postoperative period vs later or no rehabilitation
Design
Case study
Authors
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Early rehabilitation may aid post-transplant recovery in select cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does early rehabilitation improve functional recovery in a patient after orthotopic heart transplantation?
Initiating cardiac rehabilitation in the early postoperative period after heart transplantation may yield positive outcomes in functional recovery, potentially supporting a revision of current timing approaches.
Федорова et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Heart failure, orthotopic heart transplantation (n=1). Early physical rehabilitation was evaluated on Functional recovery and exercise tolerance. Early physical rehabilitation starting on postoperative day 2 in a 45-year-old male after orthotopic heart transplantation safely improved exercise tolerance, increasing his 6-minute walk distance by 130 meters.
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