title: [Elderly patient-centered rehabilitation after cardiac surgery].
abstract: The rate of over-70 year post-surgery patients referred to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Units is increasing. Strategies designed to encourage and facilitate participation in rehabilitation programs in the elderly should be developed. Aim of this paper is to present our elderly-centered program, specifically designed on patient's needs and frailty, and its short- and medium-term results in 160 consecutive over-70 year patients, admitted in our Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit soon after cardiac surgery. The program was safe, well accepted by the patients, and effective in improving objective and subjective functional status.
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camera
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Longoni
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patrignani
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gualco
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Opasich
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cobelli
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011184:Postoperative Period; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome