Activities of daily living in heart failure patients and healthy subjects: when the cardiopulmonary assessment goes beyond traditional exercise test protocols.
Eur J Prev Cardiol
; 30(Suppl 2): ii47-ii53, 2023 10 11.
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| ID: mdl-37819228
This article summarizes the most recent evidence on the cardiometabolic behaviours of a full spectrum of heart failure (HF) patients of different severity during their daily life activities (i.e. walking, making a bed, and taking the stairs).Heart failure patients experience symptoms (mostly dyspnoea) during daily activities that sometimes represent maximal or supramaximal exercises for them, particularly for the most severe patients.Measuring metabolic parameters (O2 intake, ventilation, and CO2 production) through appropriate devices during these activities provides a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying HF patients' symptoms and their adaptation. This can lead to the detection of new parameters that can become novel patient-centred prognostic markers or therapeutic targets for drugs and rehabilitation treatments.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prueba de Esfuerzo
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Insuficiencia Cardíaca
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Eur J Prev Cardiol
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido