Impact of Cardiac Rehabilitation Adapted for Patients With Heart Failure

ConditionHeart Failure
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorPuerta de Hierro University Hospital

About this trial

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a tailored cardiac rehabilitation program, initiated during hospitalization and continued after discharge, can improve functional capacity, mobility, and quality of life in patients over 65 years old with heart failure.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients hospitalized for acute heart failure in a stable phase (on a stable dose or tapering intravenous diuretics for at least 48 hours, without intravenous inotropes or vasodilators for >72 hours).

Baseline functional class II-III

Age ≥ 65 years

Able to walk >4 meters

Disqualifiers

Moderate to severe dementia

Cardiac or other disease with a life expectancy <12 months

Institutionalized patients or unable to travel to the rehabilitation center

Functional class I or IV

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cardiac rehabilitation program

Treatment groups

114 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups