Prehabilitation Using a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for a Patient With a Total Artificial Heart Prior to Heart Transplantation

This report reviews the impact of a prehabilitation on a patient with an Aeson TAH (Carmat).DISCUSSION: We assessed improvements in functional capacity and quality of life (QoL) in a newly implanted patient following standard cardiac rehabilitation as a prehabilitation program, using 6-min walk test and the Short Form-12 (SF-12) health survey, respectively. Similar functional improvements were observed over a short period of 2 wk compared with a longer protocol for patients with a heart transplant, and superior effects on QoL. The patient was successfully transplanted 5 mo after the TAH implantation.SUMMARY: Prehabilitation of a patient with a TAH increased both their physical capacity and QoL.PMID:38407807 | DOI:10.1097/HCR.0000000000000842
Source: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research