An evaluation of the role of the exercise training dose for changes in exercise capacity following a standard cardiac rehabilitation program.

Background: To retrospectively characterize and compare the dose of exercise training (ET) within a large cohort of patients demonstrating different levels of improvement in exercise capacity following a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program.

Methods: A total of 2310 patients who completed a 12-week, center-based, guidelines-informed CR program between January 2018 and December 2019 were included in the analysis. Peak metabolic equivalents (MET) were determined pre- and post-CR during which total duration (ET time) and intensity [percent of heart rate peak (%HR)] of supervised ET were also obtained.

Long-Term Maintenance of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Gains After Cardiac Rehabilitation Reduces Mortality Risk in Patients With Multimorbidity.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to characterize the impact of multimorbidity and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) on mortality in patients completing cardiac rehabilitation (CR).

Methods: This cohort study included data from patients with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) completing a 12-wk CR program between January 1996 and March 2016, with follow-up through March 2017. Patients were stratified by the presence of multimorbidity, which was defined as having a diagnosis of ≥2 noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

Current Activities Centered on Healthy Living and Recommendations for the Future: A Position Statement from the HL-PIVOT Network.

We continue to increase our cognizance and recognition of the importance of healthy living (HL) behaviors and HL medicine (HLM) to prevent and treat chronic disease. The continually unfolding events precipitated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have further highlighted the importance of HL behaviors, as indicated by the characteristics of those who have been hospitalized and died from this viral infection. There has already been recognition that leading a healthy lifestyle, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, may have a substantial protective effect in those who become infected with the virus.

Identification of Patients With COPD in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Setting: THE COnCuR STUDY.

Purpose: To examine the feasibility of screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) setting and to evaluate the detection rate of COPD using a targeted screening protocol.

Methods: A total of 95 patients (62.5 ± 10.

Integrating Science, Practice, and Mentorship in Cardiac Rehabilitation: THE INAUGURAL TOTALCARDIOLOGY® RESEARCH NETWORK RETREAT.

The evidence base supporting cardiac rehabilitation is substantial and overwhelmingly supports its utilization for all qualified patients. However, important lines of inquiry remain and require attention. This commentary provides a model for cardiac rehabilitation centers that provide patient care to meaningfully contribute to our scientific understanding of this lifestyle intervention.

Optimizing Value From Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Cost-Utility Analysis Comparing Age, Sex, and Clinical Subgroups.

Objective: To assess the cost utility of a center-based outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program compared with no program within patient subgroups on the basis of age, sex, and clinical presentation (acute coronary syndrome [ACS] or non-ACS).

Methods: We performed a cost-utility analysis from a health system payer perspective to compare cardiac rehabilitation with no cardiac rehabilitation for patients who had a cardiac catheterization. The Markov model was stratified by clinical presentation, age, and sex.

Cardiac rehabilitation completion is associated with reduced mortality in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Aims: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces the risks of mortality and hospitalisation in patients with coronary artery disease and without diabetes. It is unknown whether patients with diabetes obtain the same benefits from CR.

Methods: We retrospectively examined patients referred to a 12 week CR programme between 1996 and 2010.

Cardiac rehabilitation referral, attendance and mortality in women.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces mortality in women and men with coronary artery disease (CAD). The objective of this study was to examine sex differences in long-term mortality, based on CR referral rates and attendance patterns in a large CAD population.

Design: This is a retrospective cohort study.

Patients with diabetes in cardiac rehabilitation: attendance and exercise capacity.

Purpose: Diabetes increases mortality after myocardial infarction, but participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces this risk. Our objectives were to examine whether attendance at CR and changes in cardiorespiratory fitness differed according to diabetic status and sex.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study of patients referred for CR in Calgary between 1996 and 2010.

Cardiovascular fitness and mortality after contemporary cardiac rehabilitation.

Objective: To assess the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and outcomes in a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) cohort.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 5641 patients (4282 men [76%] and 1359 women [24%]; mean ± SD age, 60.0±10.

Cardiac rehabilitation attendance and outcomes in coronary artery disease patients.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an efficacious yet underused treatment for patients with coronary artery disease. The objective of this study was to determine the association between CR completion and mortality and resource use.

Methods And Results: We conducted a prospective cohort study of 5886 subjects (20.

Obesity negatively impacts aerobic capacity improvements both acutely and 1-year following cardiac rehabilitation.

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) produces a host of health benefits related to modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the influence of body weight, assessed through BMI, on acute and long-term improvements in aerobic capacity following completion of CR. Three thousand nine hundred and ninety seven subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD) participated in a 12-week multidisciplinary CR program.