None of the reviewed cardiac risk stratification methods could cover every risk situation a patient might face, but they are essential for safe exercise prescription.
OBJECTIVE: Gather and describe general characteristics of different protocols of risk stratification for cardiac patients undergoing exercise. METHODS: We conducted searches in LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and SciELO electronic databases, using the following descriptors: Cardiovascular Disease, Rehabilitation Centers, Practice Guideline, Exercise and Risk Stratification in the past 20 years. RESULTS: Were selected eight studies addressing methods of risk stratification in patients undergoing exercise. CONCLUSION: None of the methods described could cover every situation the patient can be subjected to; however, they are essential to exercise prescription.
Silva et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Cardiovascular diseases (n=8). Cardiac risk stratification protocols was evaluated on Characteristics of risk stratification protocols. None of the reviewed cardiac risk stratification methods could cover every risk situation a patient might face, but they are essential for safe exercise prescription.
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