TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Exercise and Rehabilitation A1 - Ozemek, Cemal A1 - Arena, Ross A1 - Bond, Sam A1 - M. Daniels, Karla A2 - Baliga, R. R. A2 - Abraham, William T. PY - 2018 T2 - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Heart Failure AB - A 64-year-old heart failure patient with a reduced ejection fraction complains of having to stop and rest after walking two city blocks and has difficulty carrying groceries into his house. He does not complain of feeling shortness of breath at rest or peripheral edema, his medication regimen is optimized, and he reports that he is sedentary most of the day. As a result he is referred to a phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program, where he performs a cardiopulmonary exercise test to assess his starting functional capacity and to measure his maximal heart rate in order to optimize his exercise prescription. After regularly attending 3 cardiac rehabilitation sessions per week for 12 weeks and walking on at least one additional day on his own for 30 minutes. His maximal oxygen consumption assessed by the cardiopulmonary exercise test increased from 16.4 mL/kg/min to 20.5 mL/kg/min. The patient also reports that he is now able to walk multiple blocks without fatigue and is able to perform activities of daily living without issue. He is encouraged by the results and reports that he will continue to walk 4-5 days per week for 30-45 minutes at his local community fitness center. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161019287 ER -