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March 9, 2018The Egyptian Heart JournalOpen Access

Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on cardiovascular risk factors in chronic heart failure patients

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Why the study?

Does a 2-month cardiac rehabilitation program improve cardiovascular risk factors, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients with chronic stable heart failure?

Population

80 patients with chronic stable heart failure

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

2 months

Authors

HMHaitham Galal MohammedASAdel Shabana

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Overview

May support cardiac rehab for risk factor control and QoL in stable HF; leaves open need for larger randomized confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does a 2-month cardiac rehabilitation program improve cardiovascular risk factors, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients with chronic stable heart failure?

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Population
80 patients with chronic stable heart failure
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Intervention
Cardiac rehabilitation program (prescribed exercise training, 2 sessions/week for 2 months)
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Outcome
Changes in cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, heart rate, BMI, waist circumference, HbA1c, lipid profile), functional capacity (6-min walk test), and health-related quality of life (Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire)surrogate

A 2-month cardiac rehabilitation program significantly improves cardiovascular risk factors, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients with chronic stable heart failure.

Cite This Study

Mohammed et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71a76d26a7f98052dde846https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehj.2018.02.004
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