Influence of the practice physical activity in the coronary artery bypass graft surgery results.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the frequency changes of physical activity practice in pre- and postoperative of the patients submitted to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and the frequency influence on the physical activity practice in the patients' preoperative prognosis.


METHODS
Cases studies of 55 patients submitted to CABG divided into active and sedentary regarding physical activity practices.


RESULTS
After CAGB, 14 (47%) patients classified as sedentary before surgery were practicing exercises (p = 0.03). Seventeen (59%) sedentary patients in the preoperative period presented complications after the surgery compared to 8 (31%) active patients (p = 0.04). The hospital length of stay among sedentary patients versus active patients before surgery was 15 (SD=8) and 12 (SD=5) days; p=0.03, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The present study showed the importance of physical activity practice in the preoperative stage on the outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery. The patients physically active had a shorter hospital length of stay and a lower number of both trans- and postoperative complications within 1 year. The cardiac surgery promoted the patients' change of habits, increasing the number of physically active patients during the 1-year follow-up.
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome