Avaliação e seguimento em médio prazo em candidatos a transplante cardíaco submetidos a exercício de baixa intensidade

A survey of recently published cardiovascular, hematological and pneumological original articles in the Brazilian scientific press

“…Coronel et al25 described and compared pre-and postoperative physical and pulmonary capacity of patients who underwent heart transplantation and conclude that changes in ventilatory function of subjects undergoing cardiac transplantation are predictable: respiratory muscle strength and lung capacity recover within two weeks and a good strategy is to aim at at an improvement of functional capacity above pre-operative levels. Yoshimori et al26 studied cardiovascular behavior and safety regarding a low-intensity exercise program for heart transplant candidates with severe heart failure and find that it proved to be safe and well tolerated, but requires monitoring. Dinkhuysen et al27 evaluated pulmonary artery pressure with sodium nitroprusside before transplanting and claim that the procedure may allow conversion to orthotopic technique.…”

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Heart Transplantation

“…Son dönem kardiyomiyopati/kalp yetmezliği tanısı ile kalp transplantasyonu bekleme listesine alınan hastalarda dekondüsyon, aktivite düzeyinde kısıt-lanma ve fonksiyonel yetersizlikler sık görülür (7). Yorgunluk, dispne ve ortopne gibi semptomlara periferal ödem, pulmoner raller, juguler venöz distansiyon ve hepatomegali gibi fiziksel bulgular eşlik etmektedir.…”

Nursing care for patients with heart failure prior to hospital discharge: a descriptive study

“…Heart failure (HF) consists of a complex syndrome that is highly prevalent, especially in people over 65. It is said that approximately 10% of HF patients progress to more severe forms of the disease, including patients who, despite the implemented clinical treatment, continue showing evidence of disease progression, unacceptable quality of life and high mortality rate in a year (1) . In Brazil, HF is the leading cause of the hospitalization of patients over 60 year within the Unified Health System (UHS) and represents 30% of hospitalizations related to the cardiovascular system.…”