title: [Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support].
abstract: BackgroundHeart failure in a terminal stage is usually treated with a heart transplant or with implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD). VAD treatment is increasingly chosen as a permanent therapy.ProblemThe growing number of VAD implants leads to an increased need for rehabilitation programs. The development of standards is essential. So far only a few single center reports with a limited number of patients have been published. Guidelines on this subject are not available.ResultsA working group of German rehabilitation physicians was installed in order to analyze the problems and to develop strategies for the process of rehabilitation of VAD-patients, ending in a consensus statement 1.The most important aspects of rehabilitation aiming at the safest possible participation in everyday life with a VAD are summarized here.
authors.affiliation: Reha-Zentrum Seehof, Teltow.
authors.forename: Eike
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Langheim
authors.affiliation: Schüchtermann-Klinik, Bad Rothenfelde.
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.affiliation: Gollwitzer-Meier-Klinik, Bad Oeynhausen.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cordes
authors.affiliation: Kirchberg-Klinik, Bad Lauterberg.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Knoglinger
authors.affiliation: Reha-Zentrum Seehof, Teltow.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glatz
authors.forename: Detlev
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Willemsen
mesh_terms: D001243:Assisted Circulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000592:standards*; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005858:Germany; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome