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January 1, 2013Frontiers in PhysiologyOpen Access

Cardiac rehabilitation outcomes following a 6-week program of PCI and CABG Patients

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Why the study?

Does a 6-week cardiac rehabilitation program improve exercise capacity, cardiorespiratory function, and autonomic function in patients following PCI or CABG?

Population

38 patients following either percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting

Comparison

6-week cardiac rehabilitation program vs Pre-rehabilitation baseline

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

6 weeks

Authors

HJHerbert F. JelinekZHZhaoqi HuangAKAhsan H. Khandoker

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Overview

Suggests greater CABG than PCI gains from rehab; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Structured PICO

Does a 6-week cardiac rehabilitation program improve exercise capacity, cardiorespiratory function, and autonomic function in patients following PCI or CABG?

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Population
38 patients following either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI, n=22) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG, n=16)
I
Intervention
6-week cardiac rehabilitation program
C
Comparator
Pre-rehabilitation baseline (and comparison between PCI and CABG groups)
O
Outcome
Change in 6-minute walk test (6MWT), peak VO2, and heart rate variability (HRV) variablessurrogate

A 6-week cardiac rehabilitation program improves exercise capacity and cardiorespiratory function in both PCI and CABG patients, with CABG patients showing greater improvements including significant autonomic nervous system modulation.

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Jelinek et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a703671ac440176ef28dcedhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00302
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