Early 4-Week Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Training in Elderly Patients After Heart Surgery

Abstract

The supplementation of additional walking or cycle exercise training to standard cardiac rehabilitation programming compared to standard cardiac rehabilitation alone in elderly patients after heart surgery leads to significantly better exercise tolerance.

The MacNew Heart Disease Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire in Patients with Angina and Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure

“…Although some ceiling effect was observed on the social subscale, the minimal floor and ceiling effects on the subscales should permit measurement of change, both deterioration and improvement, in HRQoL. The MacNew consistently has been shown to be responsive after different treatment options in patients with angina, myocardial infarction, or ischemic heart failure such as cardiac rehabilitation [24,[51][52][53][54][55][56], revascularization [57,58], and medication [59], and we see no reason why the MacNew would not be responsive in other patients with angina or ischemic heart failure.…”

Secondary Prevention After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

“…[334][335][336] In a randomized trial of 2635 patients with CAD admitted to 11 different hospitals, a referral process that consisted of a combination of CR liaisons and an automated referral system resulted in 85.8% of patients being referred to CR and 73.5% being enrolled in CR compared with 32.2% and 29.0%, respectively, in the control group. 337 In addition, strategies such as educational interventions 335 and early appointments and start dates [338][339][340] have been shown to improve CR referral and use patterns. However, as new referral strategies become adopted into clinical practice, it will be important for clinicians to remain active in the referral process because physician advocacy remains a strong factor in determining whether patients will enroll in CR programs.…”

Relationship Between Aortic Valve Replacement and Old Age

“…The preoperative identification of frail patients could also be a pertinent way to select patients likely to benefit the most from specific programs, e.g., early mobilization in the intensive care unit (Needham, 2008). Multidimensional rehabilitation programs also achieved favorable results (Eder et al, 2010;Mazza et al, 2007;Opasich et al, 2010), which, in addition, proved their safety and efficacy in terms of rehabilitation, nursing needs, mobility capability, muscle force, equilibrium and, last but certainly no least, duration of stay.…”