Effect of completion of cardiac rehabilitation on heart rate recovery.
To evaluate the effects of a cardiac rehabilitation program on heart rate recovery after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a historical cohort study was performed on 436 patients of whom 285 were grouped on completion of 5, 10, or 24 training sessions. All 3 groups showed significant improvements in heart rate recovery, peak heart rate during treadmill testing, and end-training heart rate, from baseline to follow-up. Heart rate recovery on follow-up correlated significantly with the number of completed exercise sessions. The number of sessions, baseline ejection fraction, and age were independent predictors of mean post-training heart rate recovery. The cardiac rehabilitation program had a significant effect on peak heart rate and heart rate recovery, regardless of the underlying characteristics of the patients.
Tehran Heart Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. soleimania@yahoo.com
Abbas
A
Soleimani
Mojtaba
M
Salarifar
Seyed E
SE
Kasaian
Saeed
S
Sadeghian
Mostafa
M
Nejatian
Ali
A
Abbasi
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome