CARDIAC MODULATION BY EXERCISE IN A PATIENT WITH DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE - CASE REPORT

• Main Authors: Bruno Delgado (Author), Ivo Lopes (Author), Eugénia Mendes (Author), Leonel Preto (Author), Bárbara Gomes (Author), André Novo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Portuguesa dos Enfermeiros de Reabilitação, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Patients with decompensated heart failure are characterized by low exercise tolerance associated with dyspnea and edema. Exercise training promotes exercise tolerance as well as an improvement in ventricular function. Objective: To identify signs of cardiac modulation and consequent im...