title: [Cardiac rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass surgery].
abstract: Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide with an increase in the incidence in younger populations. Today revascularization strategies are capable of alleviating acute ischemia and/or chronic ischemia. These can be performed percutaneously or through surgery. Even if we improve myocardial perfusion by these methods, the main determinant in maintaining patency of coronary arteries and bypass is a correctly instituted secondary prevention. This is the main focus of cardiac rehabilitation proposals. Although much has been published about the role of cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous revascularization, there is little work able to synthesize the current state of cardiac rehabilitation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. The aim of this paper is to review the effect of rehabilitation in the return to work, survival, functional capacity, depression and anxiety, as well as compare centralized vs. home rehabilitation in this patient population.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Cirugía Cardiaca, Centro Cardiovascular Universitario, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: victor_dayan@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dayan
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Cardiología, Centro Cardiovascular Universitario, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ricca
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D062707:Return to Work
keywords: Cardiopatía isquémica; Cirugía de revascularización miocárdica; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Ischemic heart disease; Rehabilitación; Rehabilitation; Uruguay