Yoga focused on breathing, meditation, and relaxation is linked with symptom improvement in patients with heart failure, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.
May 13 2024European Society of Cardiology Yoga focused on breathing, meditation, and relaxation is linked with symptom improvement in patients with heart failure , according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology .
Dr. Ajit Singh, study author of the Indian Council of Medical Research , Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India The study enrolled patients aged 30 to 70 years with heart failure from the cardiology outpatient department of Kasturba Hospital in Manipal, India. All participants had undergone a cardiac procedure within the past six months to one year and were taking guideline-recommended heart failure medications. Patients with severe symptoms were excluded.
Related StoriesExperienced faculty in the hospital's Department of Yoga demonstrated pranayama , meditation, and relaxation techniques to patients in the yoga group. Participants were supervised for one week and then advised to continue self-administered yoga at home once a week for 50 minutes. Patients spoke to an instructor after each home session to check progress.
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