Should Heart Failure Patients Avoid Exercise?
Regular brisk exercise is a key component of managing heart failure, writes Roger Blumenthal, U.S. News’s Health Advice expert in cardiology. Doctors recommend that people get a good-quality pedometer and try to achieve 10,000 steps of walking (roughly 4 miles) each and every day. This will improve quality of life and help to optimize blood pressure, glucose, and lipid values. There is growing evidence that regular brisk exercise significantly reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in people with normal and reduced heart muscle function.
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