Safety and Feasibility of Over 10 years and 1000 Exercise Hours of Cardiac Rehabilitation in a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device

doi:10.1016/j.cjco.2025.03.006

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. 2025 Mar 8;7(5):667-670.

doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.03.006. eCollection 2025 May.

Safety and Feasibility of Over 10 years and 1000 Exercise Hours of Cardiac Rehabilitation in a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device

Javier Loureiro Diaz^{1

2}, Prasobh Jacob¹, Praveen Jayaprabha Surendran¹, Omar Ibrahim¹

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¹ Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² Performance and Health Group, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coruña, Coruña, Oleiros, Spain.

PMID: 40433223
PMCID: PMC12105522
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.03.006

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Safety and Feasibility of Over 10 years and 1000 Exercise Hours of Cardiac Rehabilitation in a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device

Javier Loureiro Diaz et al. CJC Open. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 8;7(5):667-670.

doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.03.006. eCollection 2025 May.

Authors

Javier Loureiro Diaz^{1

2}, Prasobh Jacob¹, Praveen Jayaprabha Surendran¹, Omar Ibrahim¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² Performance and Health Group, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coruña, Coruña, Oleiros, Spain.

PMID: 40433223
PMCID: PMC12105522
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.03.006

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**Figure 1**
Time periods and reasons for temporary restrictions from cardiac rehabilitation (CR) exercise sessions. Angio, angiogram; HTx, heart transplantation; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; INR, international normalized ratio; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; max, maximum; min, minimum; MPI, myocardial perfusion imaging; SD, standard deviation.

**Figure 2**
Trends in treadmill exercise training metabolic equivalent of task (MET) levels from 2015 to 2024. Max, maximum; Min, minimum.

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1. Mahfood Haddad T., Saurav A., Smer A., et al. Cardiac rehabilitation in patients with left ventricular assist device: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2017;37:390–396. - PubMed

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[1] Adamopoulos S., Corrà U., Laoutaris I.D., et al. Exercise training in patients with ventricular assist devices: a review of the evidence and practical advice. A position paper from the Committee on Exercise Physiology and Training and the Committee of Advanced Heart Failure of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019;21:3–13. - PubMed

[2] Adamopoulos S., Corrà U., Laoutaris I.D., et al. Exercise training in patients with ventricular assist devices: a review of the evidence and practical advice. A position paper from the Committee on Exercise Physiology and Training and the Committee of Advanced Heart Failure of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019;21:3–13. - PubMed

[3] Schmid J.P., Corrà U. In: ESC Handbook of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation. Abreu A., Schmid J.-P., Piepoli M., editors. Oxford University Press; Oxford: 2020. Exercise training programmes for high-risk and specific groups of patients; pp. 71–86.

[4] Schmid J.P., Corrà U. In: ESC Handbook of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation. Abreu A., Schmid J.-P., Piepoli M., editors. Oxford University Press; Oxford: 2020. Exercise training programmes for high-risk and specific groups of patients; pp. 71–86.

[5] Liguori G., Feito Y., Fountaine C., Roy B. ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription, 11th ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia. 2022. https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/know/acsm/guidelines-for-exercise-testi... Available from:

[6] Liguori G., Feito Y., Fountaine C., Roy B. ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription, 11th ed., Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia. 2022. https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/know/acsm/guidelines-for-exercise-testi... Available from:

[7] Loureiro Diaz J., Foster L.D., Surendran P.J., et al. Developing and delivering a hybrid cardiac rehabilitation phase II exercise program during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quality improvement program. BMJ Open Qual. 2023;12 - PMC - PubMed

[8] Loureiro Diaz J., Foster L.D., Surendran P.J., et al. Developing and delivering a hybrid cardiac rehabilitation phase II exercise program during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quality improvement program. BMJ Open Qual. 2023;12 - PMC - PubMed

[9] Mahfood Haddad T., Saurav A., Smer A., et al. Cardiac rehabilitation in patients with left ventricular assist device: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2017;37:390–396. - PubMed

[10] Mahfood Haddad T., Saurav A., Smer A., et al. Cardiac rehabilitation in patients with left ventricular assist device: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2017;37:390–396. - PubMed

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