拒绝心力衰竭打造强健心脏之路_BEC初级作文

拒绝心力衰竭打造强健心脏之路

克卢捷在2000年实施了冠状动脉搭桥术，后在2003年植入了一个心脏除颤器，三年前他又安了一个心脏起搏器。自那以后，他一直没有住过院，他和埃兹医生将这一成绩归功于定期的体育锻炼。直到不久前，不吸烟的克卢捷还一直定期组织在佛蒙特乡村骑自行车，每次骑20至40英里。然而，去年他出现了心力衰竭症状，他说他只能骑三英里了。他希望在今年夏天实现每周骑行五至10英里的目标。此外，他还坚持进行心脏康复治疗，目前是以每小时三英里的速度在跑步机上跑20分钟，并使用力量训练器械进行锻炼，频率为每周两到三次。在其他日子里，他会散一英里的步。

'The heart is a muscle,' he said. 'If you don't exercise it and keep it in reasonable shape then it's going to deteriorate and give you problems. That's why I keep going back.'

克卢捷说：“心脏是一团肌肉，如果你不锻炼它，使它一直处于良好的状况，接下来它就会变衰弱，给你带来麻烦。那就是我一直参加锻炼的原因。”

The Medicare decision extends coverage to patients whose heart-pumping function is compromised to a specific level and who have certain heart-failure symptoms despite being on an optimal drug therapy for at least six weeks. It offers one course of 36 sessions for up to 36 weeks, though two- or three-times-a-week sessions are optimal. Patients could apply for a second course of rehab, but generally, they would have to pay out of pocket after completing the first course.