Why the study?
The study addressed the characteristics and outcomes of super-aged hospitalized heart failure patients in Japan and factors associated with improving their outcomes.
Does cardiac rehabilitation through a continuous team approach improve overall outcomes in hospitalized heart failure patients in Japan?
Cohort (n=1,218)
Yes
Does cardiac rehabilitation through a continuous team approach improve overall outcomes in hospitalized heart failure patients in Japan?
Cardiac rehabilitation using a continuous team approach is associated with better outcomes in an aging population of hospitalized heart failure patients in Japan.
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May support team-based CR in Japanese hospitalized HF patients; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
Our cohort study highlighted the super-aging of current HF patients in Japan. Cardiac rehabilitation through continuous team approach appears to be associated with favorable overall outcomes in this population.
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Kitagawa et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=1,218). Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (5-month program) vs. No completion of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated on All-cause death and all-cause unscheduled readmission (HR 0.15, 95% CI 0.05-0.48, p=0.0013).
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