Effectiveness of a cardiac rehabilitation program on biomechanical, imaging, and physiological biomarkers in elderly patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): FUNNEL + study protocol

Abstract Background Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) have a low functional status, which in turn is a risk factor for hospital admission and an important predictor of survival in HFpEF. HFpFE is a heterogeneous syndrome and recent studies have suggested an importa...

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Main Authors: Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas, Iván José Fuentes-Abolafio, Celia García-Conejo, Estíbaliz Díaz-Balboa, Manuel Trinidad-Fernández, Daniel Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Adrián Escriche-Escuder, Lidia Cobos-Palacios, Almudena López-Sampalo, Jose Maria Pérez-Ruíz, Cristina Roldán-Jiménez, Miguel Angel Pérez-Velasco, Javier Mora-Robles, Mª Dolores López-Carmona, David Pérez-Cruzado, Jaime Martín-Martín, Luis Miguel Pérez-Belmonte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03555-7