Can exercise training improve cardiovascular fitness and quality of life in patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD)?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Patients with end stage heart failure, requiring a LVAD as a bridge to heart transplantationPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000742279
- Lead Sponsor
- The Alfred Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 14
Inclusion Criteria
patients with severe heart failure who have had an LVAD implanted as a bridge to heart transplantation
clinically stable/stable medical management
Exclusion Criteria
1.exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia or significant arrhythmias
2.significant neurological impairment which would preclude participation in the exercise program and necessitate specific neuro-rehabilitation
3.musculoskeletal or respiratory problems or other co-morbidities that precludes exercise
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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