Outcomes With Multidisciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation in Post-acute Systolic Heart Failure Patients-A Retrospective Propensity Score-Matched Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recommended for patients with acute heart failure (HF). However, the results of outcome studies and meta-analyses on CR in post-acute care are varied. We aimed to assess the medium- to long-term impact of CR and ascertain the predictors of successful CR.

Methods

In this propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study, records of consecutive patients who survived acute HF (left ventricular ejection fraction <40) and participated in a multidisciplinary HF rehabilitation program post-discharge between May 2014 and July 2019 were reviewed. Patients in the CR group had at least one exercise session within 3 months of discharge; the others were in the non-CR group. After propensity score matching, the primary (all-cause mortality) and

SUBMITTER: Chen SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039246 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature