Impact of Cardiac Rehabilitation Adapted for Patients With Heart Failure

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients hospitalized for acute heart failure in a stable phase (on a stable dose or tapering intravenous diuretics for at least 48 hours, without intravenous inotropes or vasodilators for \>72 hours). * Baseline functional class II-III * Age ≥ 65 years * Able to walk \>4 meters * Any range of left ventricular ejection fraction Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate to severe dementia * Cardiac or other disease with a life expectancy \<12 months * Institutionalized patients or unable to travel to the rehabilitation center * Functional class I or IV * Uncontrolled arrhythmias * Inability to perform a basic exercise protocol