Patients who do not complete cardiac rehabilitation have an increased risk of cardiovascular events during long-term follow-up

Patients who do not complete cardiac rehabilitation have an increased risk of cardiovascular events during long-term follow-up

Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has favourable effects on cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Therefore, it might reasonable to expect that incomplete CR participation will result in suboptimal patient outcomes. Methods We studied the 914 post-acute coronary syndrome patients who particip...

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Veröffentlicht in:Netherlands heart journal 2020-09, Vol.28 (9), p.460-466
Hauptverfasser: Sunamura, M., ter Hoeve, N., van den Berg-Emons, R. J. G., Boersma, E., Geleijnse, M. L., van Domburg, R. T.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute coronary syndromes
Age
Angina pectoris
Biomarkers
Blood pressure
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary vessels
Diabetes
Exercise
Family medical history
Hypertension
Medical Education
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mortality
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Participation
Patients
Physical fitness
Quality of life
Ratios
Regression analysis
Rehabilitation
Risk factors
Self report
Smoking cessation
Statistical analysis
Vein & artery diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has favourable effects on cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Therefore, it might reasonable to expect that incomplete CR participation will result in suboptimal patient outcomes. Methods We studied the 914 post-acute coronary syndrome patients who participated in the OPTImal CArdiac REhabilitation (OPTICARE) trial. They all started a ‘standard’ CR programme, with physical exercises (group sessions) twice a week for 12 weeks. Incomplete CR was defined as participation in
ISSN:1568-5888
1876-6250
DOI:10.1007/s12471-020-01413-1