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Home Exercise And Resiliency Training (HEART) Club

 

Aims:

1.   Study the impact of a structured home exercise program for people with Fontan physiology.

2.   Learn more about how a structured home exercise program changes measures of frailty and quality of life.

3.    Investigate the effects of a structured home exercise program on other organ systems impacted in people with Fontan physiology.

 

Participation Criteria:

1.    Person with Fontan circulation, ages 13 and up

2.    Permission from your primary cardiologist to participate

3.    Ability to travel to Ann Arbor for 2 visits in 6 months

4.    At least 130 cm (4 ft 4 in) tall

 

Exclusion Criteria:

1.    Severe ventricular or valve dysfunction

2.    History of arrhythmia with exercise

3.    Inability to complete an exercise test

 

 

For more information contact hjesse@med.umich.edu