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However, Medicare currently excludes coverage for cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (CR) for HFpEF. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of HF at baseline and the effects of CR in both subtypes. Methods: Ninety-nine patients (forty-three with HFrEF and fifty-six with HFpEF) who completed CR were included. Demographic data and outcome measures were assessed pre- and post-CR, including weight, body mass index (BMI), 5x-sit-to-stand (5xStS), timed-up-and-go (TUG), 6-minute walk test (6MWT), Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life (F&amp;P QOL), waist circumference, BERG balance, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Independent and paired t-tests were performed with statistical significance set at p &lt; 0.05. Results: At baseline, compared to patients with HFrEF, patients with HFpEF were older with a significantly lower 6MWT distance (350.6 m vs. 299.6 m), lower BERG balance scores (52\/56 vs. 49\/56, respectively), and a 5xSTS score indicating a fall risk (16.9 \u00b1 6.5). Following CR, both groups had significant improvements in all functional and self-reported outcome measures (p &lt; 0.001), with no significant differences between HF subtypes. Patients with HFpEF also had a significant improvement in waist circumference. Conclusions: Compared to patients with HFrEF, patients with HFpEF presented with similar or greater impairments and had similar or greater improvements following CR. These results underscore the effectiveness of CR for HFpEF management and the need for insurance coverage.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14113815","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,29]],"date-time":"2025-05-29T07:46:26Z","timestamp":1748504786000},"page":"3815","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Impact of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation on Patients with Heart Failure Reduced Ejection Fraction and Preserved Ejection Fraction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5702-5968","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sabine","family":"Gempel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA"},{"name":"Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL 33136, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jenna","family":"Kologie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Taylor","family":"Wright","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Destini","family":"Decinti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lawrence","family":"Cahalin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1810","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2023.01.049","article-title":"Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: JACC Scientific Statement","volume":"81","author":"Borlaug","year":"2023","journal-title":"J. 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