Cancer and cardiovascular disease: The impact of cardiac rehabilitation and cardiorespiratory fitness on survival

Effects of cardiac rehabilitation on elderly patients with Chronic heart failure: A meta-analysis and systematic review

“…CR is a professional prevention and treatment system integrating biomedicine, sports medicine, nutrition medicine, psychosomatic medicine and behavioral medicine. CR currently includes three stages, respectively is I period rehabilitation (nosocomial), II period rehabilitation (outside early rehabilitation hospital) and III period rehabilitation (maintain), IIphase of the CR is also known as outside early rehabilitation hospital or outpatient rehabilitation, in 1 ~ 6 months after hospital discharge, as the core of the recovery phase, both I period of rehabilitation, is also the foundation of III period rehabilitation, CR exercise can induce adaptive changes in the function and structure of cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and metabolic systems, and the nature and magnitude of the changes depend on the type, intensity and duration of exercise [ 7 ]. CR intervention for CHF has been carried out for many years, and evidence-based medical evidence shows that CR can benefit patients with CHF [ 8 ].…”

Adherence, safety and satisfaction of a cardio-oncology rehabilitation program framework versus community exercise training for cancer survivors: findings from the CORE trial

“…Of note, the American Heart Association (AHA) has suggested a framework to refer cancer patients with higher CV risk to a cardio-oncology rehabilitation program, including several components, ranging from ET, nutritional support, psychological counselling and overall CVRF optimization [16,17]. These programs comprise several of the core components of contemporary cardiac rehabilitation (CR), while also emphasizing many of the particularities speci c to the cancer setting [16,[18][19][20].…”

Cardiac rehabilitation improves prognosis among patients with co-existing cancer and cardiovascular diseases

“…[9] In the current issue of the International Journal of Cardiology, Williamson et al showed that the 12-week multidisciplinary CR program with 1-hour supervised exercise 12 sessions performed twice weekly, combine with independent home-based exercise sessions on 2-3 additional days per week is associated with improved survival. [10] The study population included patients with CVD and pre-existing cancer referred to an outpatient exercise-based CR program in Calgary, Alberta.…”

“…All referred patients completed a baseline assessment including a physical examination, anthropometric measurements and risk factor profile assessments. [10] Each CR exercise session began with a 5minute warm-up, followed by 20-60 minutes of steady-state aerobic training at 45-85% of heart rate reserve, followed by a 5-minute cool down. Stretching or resistance training was offered following each exercise training session.…”

“…In this recent study among patients with comorbid CVD and cancer, the authors found important survival differences between CR participants with cancer according to CR program completion status. [10] A large body of evidence has shown that improvements in CRF by at least 1 MET confer survival benefit in patients with CVD. [3] Although the findings should be interpreted with caution, it seems that patients with co-existing cancer and CVD should achieve a higher threshold of improvement in CRF (i.e., at least 1.5 METs) to improve the survival.…”