Cardiac rehabilitation for the treatment of women with chest pain and normal coronary arteries

Abstract

An 8-week phase III CR program improves exercise tolerance, quality of life, psychological morbidity, symptom severity, and cardiovascular risk factors in women with cardiac syndrome X.

Elevated Risk Profile of Women in Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease: A 6-Year Survey of 117,913 Patients

“…[12][13][14][15] The period of CR is of high interest, as it immediately follows the acute hospital stay, and the treatment measures and targets at the end of CR set the basis for further management by the general physician. Multifactorial strategies, including risk factor management, exercise training, and psychosocial management for secondary prevention of CAD, have been recommended in recent guidelines.…”

Cardiac Rehabilitation to Improve Physical Functioning in Refractory Angina: A Pilot Study

“…In addition, failure to demonstrate inter-group differences may have resulted in part from concurrent improvements in physical parameters in both control and treated groups, possibly related to increasing familiarity with the environs over the duration of the study. Similar levels of contact and interaction have been associated with improved psychological morbidity and a number of physical measures among a comparable control [32]. The gender inequality in patient recruitment may reflect sex bias among refractory angina patients or the established non-participation of women in cardiac rehabilitation [29].…”

Autogenic training to manage symptomology in women with chest pain and normal coronary arteries

“…Research exploring the impact of cardiac rehabilitation among women with syndrome X, which also included relaxation training, did identify changes in resting blood pressure. 38 However, because the relaxation training was performed as a component of the exercise-based rehabilitation program, it is difficult to identify the causal relationship. Further research is required to thoroughly understand the physiological impact of stress among patients with syndrome X.…”