[Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support]. / Mechanische Herzunterstützungssysteme in der kardiologischen Rehabilitation.
Dtsch Med Wochenschr
; 142(4): 282-289, 2017 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Background Heart failure in a terminal stage is usually treated with a heart transplant or with implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD). VADâtreatment is increasingly chosen as a permanent therapy. Problem The growing number of VADâimplants leads to an increased need for rehabilitation programs. The development of standards is essential. So far only a few single center reports with a limited number of patients have been published. Guidelines on this subject are not available. Results A working group of German rehabilitation physicians was installed in order to analyze the problems and to develop strategies for the process of rehabilitation of VAD-patients, ending in a consensus statement 1.The most important aspects of rehabilitation aiming at the safest possible participation in everyday life with a VADâare summarized here.
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Circulação Assistida
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Cardiologia
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Coração Auxiliar
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Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto
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Reabilitação Cardíaca
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2017
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