Fit, Female or Fifty-Is Cardiac Rehabilitation "Fit" for Purpose for All? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Meta-Regression.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based intervention promoting risk factor modification following coronary artery disease events but the relative benefits for patient subgroups is not clear. This review synthesizes the available evidence on the effectiveness of modern CR programs and determines outcomes for age, sex and prior level of fitness.

Methods

MEDLINE, CINAHL, and EMBASE were examined for RCT and cohort studies involving exercise prescription or phase II or III CR following Myocardial Infarction (MI), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) and cardiac surgery from January 2010 to February 2021. Outcomes assessed included peakVO₂max, 6-min walk test and Metabolic Equivalent of Task. Meta-regression was used to determine CR impact for change

SUBMITTER: Smith M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9001939 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature