title: Influence of the practice physical activity in the coronary artery bypass graft surgery results.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Health Science Post-Graduate Program at Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia, Porto Alegre, RS. pesquisa@cardiologia.org.br
authors.forename: Rosane Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nery
authors.forename: Juarez Neuhaus
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Barbisan
authors.forename: Mahmud Ismail
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Mahmud
mesh_terms: 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