TY - JOUR
T1 - The Rehabilitation of Advanced Heart Failure Patients After Left Ventricular Assist Device
T2 - A Narrative Review
AU - Eickmeyer, Sarah M.
AU - Barker, Kim D
AU - Sayyad, Anjum
AU - Rydberg, Leslie
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Because more patients with advanced heart failure are receiving a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as destination therapy or a bridge to transplantation, there is increasing attention on functional outcomes and quality of life after LVAD implantation. Rehabilitation providers in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting increasingly will treat patients with an LVAD and should understand the exercise physiology, medical management, rehabilitation considerations, and outcomes after rehabilitation for patients with an LVAD. The purpose of this article is to provide the physiatrist with a comprehensive understanding of the rehabilitation of patients with advanced heart failure and LVAD implantation. Changes in relevant organ system physiology and exercise physiology after LVAD are summarized. Safety of rehabilitation and program considerations for acute inpatient rehabilitation are reviewed. Recommendations for medical management and prevention of secondary complications seen in patients with an LVAD are outlined. A discussion of outcomes after acute inpatient rehabilitation, the dual diagnosis of stroke and LVAD placement, and long-term cognitive, functional, and quality-of-life outcomes after LVAD placement is presented.
AB - Because more patients with advanced heart failure are receiving a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as destination therapy or a bridge to transplantation, there is increasing attention on functional outcomes and quality of life after LVAD implantation. Rehabilitation providers in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting increasingly will treat patients with an LVAD and should understand the exercise physiology, medical management, rehabilitation considerations, and outcomes after rehabilitation for patients with an LVAD. The purpose of this article is to provide the physiatrist with a comprehensive understanding of the rehabilitation of patients with advanced heart failure and LVAD implantation. Changes in relevant organ system physiology and exercise physiology after LVAD are summarized. Safety of rehabilitation and program considerations for acute inpatient rehabilitation are reviewed. Recommendations for medical management and prevention of secondary complications seen in patients with an LVAD are outlined. A discussion of outcomes after acute inpatient rehabilitation, the dual diagnosis of stroke and LVAD placement, and long-term cognitive, functional, and quality-of-life outcomes after LVAD placement is presented.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.05.027
DO - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.05.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 29929019
SN - 1934-1482
JO - PM and R
JF - PM and R
ER -