Cardiac rehabilitation significantly improves impaired endothelial function in patients with various cardiac conditions, which may contribute to its beneficial effects on clinical outcomes.
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve endothelial function in patients with various cardiac conditions?
Cardiac rehabilitation improves endothelial function, which may serve as a mechanism for its beneficial effects on clinical outcomes in cardiac patients.
Endothelial dysfunction is an early abnormality in the process of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease and has been associated with worse clinical outcome. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been reported to be helpful to reduce cardiovascular events in various types of cardiac disease, but the mechanisms of its beneficial effects remain only partially known. In this article, we review the studies that assessed the effect of CR on endothelial function in patients with various cardiac conditions. Available data show that CR significantly improves impaired endothelial function in these patients, which may contribute to the beneficial effects of CR on clinical outcome.
Lanza et al. (Mon,) conducted a review in Various cardiac conditions. Cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated on Endothelial function. Cardiac rehabilitation significantly improves impaired endothelial function in patients with various cardiac conditions, which may contribute to its beneficial effects on clinical outcomes.