Exercising Options To Moderate Functional Capacity And Cardiovascular Disease In Older Adults With Exercise Therapy

Moderator: Daniel E. Forman, MD
Learning Objectives: (1) describe why exercise is an vital therapy to moderate aging and cardiovascular disease (scientific/medical rationale based on physiologic rationale); (2) understand different modes of exercise: type (strength, aerobic, stretching), optimal regimen (frequency, duration, intensity), different strategies of access/adherence, different ways to exercise amidst comorbidity and frailty, and how to apply exercise training principles safely to frail as well as robust elderly; (3) explain the benefits of exercise therapy for heart failure, learning from the recently released HF-ACTION exercise training trial.

Exercise and Fitness Can Lead To Improved Health Outcomes (Moderating Age-Related Cardiovascular Changes and Disease)
Mark A. Williams, PhD

How to Administer Exercise Therapy for the Full Range of Elderly
Jonathan Bean, MD, MS

HF ACTION Challenges and Pitfalls Role of Age
Ileana L. Piña, MD, FAHA