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Tai Chi May Help Heart Failure Patients
Date:4/25/2011

ilure suffer from the inability of the heart to pump blood efficiently to meet the body's needs. The condition causes shortness of breath, coughing, chronic venous congestion, ankle swelling and difficulty exercising.

Dr. Gregg Fonarow, associate chief of cardiology at David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, noted that "heart failure results in substantial impairment in functional capacity, quality of life and mood."

"While traditional aerobic exercise may provide some benefits to patients with heart failure, many heart failure patients have difficulty in engaging and sustaining regular aerobic exercise," he added.

There has been increasing interest in using mind-body exercises such as Tai chi for patients with heart failure, Fonarow said. "It may be more easily implemented, pleasant and have the additional benefit of meditation," he added.

"As a complement to standard medical care, this study has demonstrated that Tai chi enhanced quality of life, mood and exercise self-efficacy," Fonarow said. "Tai chi appears to be a safe alternative to low- to moderate-intensity conventional exercise training in patients with heart failure. Further studies are needed to compare Tai chi to aerobic exercise training, and to determine if participation in Tai chi will have a favorable impact on risk of hospitalization or survival in patients with heart failure."

Another study in the same journal found that HIV patients may be at greater risk of developing heart failure.

In the study, Dr. Adeel A. Butt, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues collected data on 8,486 veterans, 2,391 of whom were HIV-positive. Over 7.3 years of follow-up, the researchers found those who were HIV-positive had an 81 percent greater risk of developing heart failure than those who were not HIV-positive.

There could be several reasons for the connection between HIV and heart failure, including the infec
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