Sudhir S. Kushwaha, M.D.

Closed for Enrollment

• A Prospective Trial to Evaluate the Utility of Focused Frailty Interventions on Patients Undergoing Evaluation for Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Placement Rochester, Minn.

  This study is a pilot study evaluating the feasibility and early efficacy of cardiac rehabilitation to improve frailty and symptoms in patients with advanced heart failure (NYHA class III-IV), who are being considered for LVAD therapy.

• A Prospective Trial to Evaluate the Utility of Focused Frailty Interventions on Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Rochester, Minn.

  The purpose of this study is to assess frailty in patients being evaluated in the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic with NYHA class III-IV heart failure and to enroll these patients in cardiac rehabilitation program aimed at improving frailty and functional independence.