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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Exercise and Daily Activities
- Patient should have uninterrupted exercise at least four days a week including a walking program.
- Patients with heart failure should avoid weightlifting which increases afterload.
- The patient should not routinely lift more than 20 pounds, again which may increase afterload.
- Patients can continue their sexual activity. Some patients take 2.5 or 5.0 mg of sublingual nitroglycerine before sexual activity.