Depression and Anxiety Are Associated with Physical Performance in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) combined with stress management training has been shown to be associated with fewer clinical events than CR alone. However, there have been no reports on the associations of CR with the psychological condition and detailed physical activities evaluated on the same day.

Method: One hundred outpatients who participated in a CR program were graded on the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS).

Difference in Prognosis between Continuation and Discontinuation of A 5-Month Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Outpatients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a requisite component of care for patients with heart failure (HF). We aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes in outpatients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) compared to those in patients with non-HFpEF who did and did not continue a 5-month CR program.

Methods: 173 outpatients with HF who participated in a 5-month CR program were registered.

Differential prognostic impact between completion and non-completion of a 5-month cardiac rehabilitation program in outpatients with cardiovascular diseases.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an essential component of care for patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We aimed to evaluate clinical outcomes in outpatients with CVD who did and did not complete a 5-month CR program.

Methods: Three hundred thirty-two outpatients with CVD who participated in a 5-month CR program and were followed-up for maximum 5 years were registered.

Possibility of Cardio-renal Protection by Long-term Cardiac Rehabilitation in Elderly Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases.

Objective Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves the mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Even in elderly patients with CVD, CR may improve the activities of daily living (ADL). Methods Eighty-eight outpatients over 65 years of age at the beginning of a CR program (baseline) at Fukuoka University Hospital who had CVD and could be followed-up for up to 5 years were enrolled.

Cardiac rehabilitation in patients with cardiovascular disease leads various hemodynamic parameters obtained using simple non-invasive tests to their appropriate levels.

We evaluated whether comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could improve various hemodynamic parameters obtained using simple non-invasive tests. We analyzed 48 CVD patients with (n = 38, CR group) or without (n = 10, non-CR group) a CR program, and prospectively followed them for 12 months. Various parameters were measured at baseline and after 12 months using 3 simple non-invasive tests: blood pressure (BP) and severity of atherosclerosis [arterial velocity pulse index (AVI) and atrial pressure volume index] were determined using PASESA®, an index of total autonomic nerve activity and a coefficient of variation of the R-R interval (CVRR) were determined using eHEART®, and the total peripheral resistance, stroke volume and cardiac index (CI) were determined using nico®.

Assessment of various parameters using simple non-invasive tests in patients with cardiovascular diseases with or without cardiac rehabilitation.

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves cardiac function and exercise capacity in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Simpler techniques are needed for use by physicians in the examination room to assess the usefulness of CR. We enrolled 46 consecutive CVD patients in a CR program (CR group) and prospectively followed them for 3 months.