Novel Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Systolic dysfunction, per ejection fraction \< 50%; those with mild (grade I) diastolic dysfunction
• •2. Initial clinical responses observed during first 3 visits in CR or baseline exercise test that would preclude participation in study over-all (e.g., new onset/troublesome arrhythmia that warrants further investigation) or undergoing HIIT (e.g., claudication, balance issue)
• •3. Patients with exercise induced angina during CR or CPX testing or ST segment depression representative of myocardial ischemia during CPX testing
• •4. Pregnant or planning to become pregnant
• •5. Any patient recently hospitalized for heart failure will have to wait at least 2 weeks before starting CR, or until clinically stable per physician(whichever time period is greater)
• •6. Atrial fibrillation