Cancer and cardiovascular disease: The impact of cardiac rehabilitation and cardiorespiratory fitness on survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer survivors are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related morbidity and mortality. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs improve CVD risk factors, including cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). The purpose of this study was to investigate: (1) the association between CR completion and survival, and (2) whether CRF improvements translate to increased survival among patients with comorbid cancer and CVD.

Methods

Patients with CVD and pre-existing cancer (any type) were referred to a 12-week exercise-based CR program between 01/1996 and 03/2016. Peak metabolic equivalents (METs) were assessed by graded exercise test pre-CR and at 12-weeks. Kaplan-Meier survival and multivariate cox regressions were performed to evaluate impact of CR co

SUBMITTER: Williamson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178663 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature