Does exercise-based prehabilitation improve outcomes and safety in patients awaiting cardiac surgery?
Exercise-based prehabilitation is an effective and safe strategy that should be considered as part of the perioperative pathway for patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
: Exercise-based prehabilitation is an effective and safe strategy in patients awaiting cardiac surgery. Its systematic implementation should be considered as part of the perioperative pathway, reinforcing the role of exercise as a therapeutic tool in this clinical context.
Hurtado-Borrego et al. (Wed,) studied this question.