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November 14, 2014European Journal of Preventive CardiologyOpen Access

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials between 1999 and 2013

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Why the study?

Does exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduce mortality and hospital admission in patients with heart failure?

Population

Patients with heart failure (pooled from 46 RCTs). Women and elderly people were less frequently enrolled.

Comparison

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (EBCR) vs Controls

Design

Meta-analysis

Follow-up

minimum of six months

Authors

CLChristian LewinterPDPatrick DohertyCGChris P Gale

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Overview

EBCR reduces HF admissions and boosts exercise capacity; extends Level 1 confirmation of morbidity benefits while mortality reduction remains unproven.

Structured PICO

Does exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduce mortality and hospital admission in patients with heart failure?

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Population
Patients with heart failure (pooled from 46 RCTs). Women and elderly people were less frequently enrolled.
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Intervention
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (EBCR)
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Comparator
Controls
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Outcome
All-cause mortality, hospital admission, and standardised exercise capacity over a minimum follow-up of six monthshard clinical

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure patients improves exercise capacity and reduces hospital admissions, but does not significantly reduce all-cause mortality.

Limitations

  • Moderate to high heterogeneity in the analysis of hospital admission and standardised exercise capacity
  • Women and elderly people were less frequently enrolled in the RCTs

Cite This Study

Lewinter et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d32a345db7d096f6e497ehttps://doi.org/10.1177/2047487314559853
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