Exercise Improves Symptoms and Survival in Heart Failure
Friday September 5, 2008
Evidence has been accumulating for years that patients with heart failure - in contrast to decades of common belief - benefit from exercise, not from enforced rest. A recent study should put the final nail in the coffin of the "enforced bed rest" school of thought in the treatment of heart failure. Read about this evidence that exercise benefits heart failure here.
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Yes - I had a heart attack 4 years ago. Have be cycling on stationary bike 7 miles 5 days a week since rehad and have never felt better.
I just don’t know about this. After all, doing all of this exercise without a cardiologist on the premises? What if someone should have an MI while exercising? If the FDA hears about this, they may pull your article, issue warnings and demand FDA monitored trials to confirm safety. Ridiculous? That’s the same thing they’re trying to do now with passive exercise devices (EECP) and it’s a lot safer than exercises involving (gasp) real, physical exertion. It’s all such a pretentious farce that, in the end, does a disservice to both physician and patient.