Study finds novel rehab program improves outcome for older patients with heart failure

Heart failure – when the heart can’t pump enough blood and oxygen through the body – affects approximately 6.2 million adults in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is the primary cause of hospitalization in the elderly. Unfortunately, older adults with heart failure often have poor outcomes resulting in reduced quality of life, high mortality and frequent rehospitalizations. Despite many efforts to improve the prognosis in these patients, most…
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