Key result
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs demonstrated a low risk of major cardiovascular complications, with 8.9 cardiac arrests, 3.4 MIs, and 1.3 fatalities per million patient-hours of exercise.
Why the study?
What is the incidence of major cardiovascular complications during prescribed supervised exercise in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs?
Population
51,303 patients with cardiovascular disease participating in 167 randomly selected outpatient cardiac…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
January 1980 through December 1984
Authors
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Low complication rates support outpatient cardiac rehabilitation safety; observational cohort data leaves causal confirmation open.
Observational (n=51,303)
Yes
What is the incidence of major cardiovascular complications during prescribed supervised exercise in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs?
Prescribed supervised exercise in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs is associated with a very low risk of major cardiovascular complications.
Steven P. Van Camp (1986) conducted an observational in Cardiovascular disease (n=51,303). Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs was evaluated on Incidence of major cardiovascular complications (cardiac arrests, nonfatal myocardial infarctions, and fatalities) per million patient hours of exercise. Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs demonstrated a low risk of major cardiovascular complications, with 8.9 cardiac arrests, 3.4 MIs, and 1.3 fatalities per million patient-hours of exercise.
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