Key result
Multimodal prehabilitation in cardiac surgery lacks high-quality trials to establish clinical and cost effectiveness.
Why the study?
Prehabilitation is not widely implemented in cardiac surgery, and few high-quality, sufficiently powered trials have evaluated multimodal prehabilitation strategies in this population.
Does prehabilitation improve postoperative outcomes in candidates for cardiac surgery?
Design
State-of-the-art review
Authors
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Prehabilitation should not yet change cardiac surgery practice; leaves open its clinical and cost-effectiveness pending large pragmatic trials.
Does prehabilitation improve postoperative outcomes in candidates for cardiac surgery?
While prehabilitation is well-established in non-cardiac surgery, its clinical and cost-effectiveness in cardiac surgery remains to be determined by upcoming large-scale pragmatic trials.
Gibbison et al. (2026) conducted a review in Cardiac surgery. Prehabilitation (exercise, nutritional, and psychological components) was evaluated. Multimodal prehabilitation in cardiac surgery currently lacks high-quality, sufficiently powered trials to definitively establish its clinical and cost-effectiveness.
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