Publications by authors named "M C Iliou"
Article Synopsis
- * A significant portion of the French population engages in unhealthy behaviors: one-third smoke, 71.7% don’t consume enough fruits and vegetables, and many fail to meet physical activity guidelines.
- * Although there are some improvements, like increased physical activity in men and reduced smoking rates, serious concerns remain, especially as women's health behaviors begin to mirror those of men, highlighting the need for enhanced prevention efforts.
Article Synopsis
- - In 2022, France recorded 242,227 hospitalizations due to ischaemic heart disease (IHD), affecting 5.6% of the adult population, with a significant mortality rate of 4.8% of all deaths being IHD-related.
- - Patients hospitalized for IHD had an average age of 69.3 years, with 29% being women; there was a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, and many underwent interventions like percutaneous coronary interventions.
- - One year post-hospitalization, 29.9% of patients were rehospitalized for IHD, and 9.3% died from all causes, highlighting the need for improved prevention strategies for IHD in France.*
[ReTurn To work of coronary patient: RTT French multicentre study].
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
November 2024
Introduction: Coronary heart disease remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, and is responsible for significant social costs. Resumption of work is an essential objective when this pathology concerns working patients. French data remain patchy and relatively old.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The ability to be physically active is pivotal to the quality of life in elderly patients. This study aims to describe the association between exercise capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), anxiety, and depression following an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme in elderly cardiac patients.
Methods And Results: Patients aged ≥65 years with acute and chronic coronary syndrome or heart valve surgery were consecutively included from eight CR centres in seven European countries.