Abstract: Objective To construct an early simple cardiac rehabilitation program for the elderly patients with acute heart failure in the compensatory phase and to explore the intervention effects. Methods A sports rehabilitation team was established, and the preliminary plan for early simple cardiac rehabilitation was formed after literature search, and the final plan was formed after the discussion of the expert group meeting. An arbitrary sampling method was used to select 104 elderly patients with compensatory acute heart failure who were hospitalized in our hospital from August 2015 to August 2020 as the research objects, with 52 cases in the observation group and the control group. The related indicators before and after the intervention of the early simple cardiac rehabilitation program in the two groups were recorded and analyzed. Results The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Question maire score and the level of amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P＜0.05 or 0.01); The levels of the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), 6 minutes walk distance and the times of 30-second arm curl were significantly higher than those in the control group (P＜0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions The early simple cardiac rehabilitation program can ensure the safe progress of the patients’ early exercise through team supervision and management, and can improve the cardiac function of the elderly patients with acute heart failure in the compensatory phase and improve the quality of life.

Key words: acute heart failure, cardiac rehabilitation, quality of life