title: The impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the cardiac rehabilitation of patients with congestive heart failure: case report.
abstract: Congestive heart failure is a pathology that limits the patient's physical function. This study analyzed one patient who was submitted to a cardiac rehabilitation program associated to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), by assessing the results of the six-minute walk test (6MWT) and a questionnaire on the quality of life and performing an echocardiographic assessment before the study and after six weeks. The distance walked by the patient increased from 152.5 m to 520.44 m at the 6MWT. The Minnesota questionnaire score decreased from 62 to 18. Ejection fraction increased from 33% to 36%. Therefore, the management chosen for this case improved the patient's physical performance and quality of life.
authors.affiliation: VITACOR-Reabilitação Pulmonar e Cardíaca, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PB-Brazil. murillo.frazao@gmail.com
authors.forename: Murillo Frazão de Lima E
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Matheus Pires de
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: José Hariston Morais
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology