Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Improves Heart Rate Recovery in Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

In older AMI patients, ET results in HRR improvement, which was correlated to the improvement in cardiopulmonary parameters. These findings may shed additional light on the possible mechanisms of the beneficial prognostic effects of ET in this patient population.

Importance of characteristics and modalities of physical activity and exercise in the management of cardiovascular health in individuals with cardiovascular disease (Part III)

“…145 However, older patients (>65 years of age) also strongly benefit from structured exercise training (including resistance training) with respect to aerobic exercise capacity, attenuation of age-related loss of aerobic fitness, body strength, physical function, heart rate recovery, improvement of cardiovascular risk factors, psychological measures (depression, anxiety, somatization, hostility), quality of life, and participation, and, finally, a reduction of hospitalization. 18,143,[146][147][148][149][150] Finally, in patients >65 years, exercise-based rehabilitation has been shown to be associated with lower risks of death and AMI, and this beneficial effect increased with the number of training sessions. 34 Individual exercise modification according the comorbidities leads to an improved health outcome without affecting adherence to the rehabilitation programme.…”

Clinical characteristics and course of patients with diabetes entering cardiac rehabilitation

“…The improvement of endothelial function [8], the anti-inflammatory properties [9,10], the improvement of neurohormonal and autonomic balance [11][12][13][14][15], and the reduction of oxidative stress [16] might be some of the putative mechanisms by which exercise training exerts its beneficial effects.…”

Patient Education and Quality of Home-Based Rehabilitation in Patients Older Than 60 Years After Acute Myocardial Infarction

“…It is widely known that low HRR is a risk factor for fatal cardiovascular events and its increase resulting from exercise training improves prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease. 15,16 We may presume that a marked increase in HRR following MEI will improve prognosis of our patients, although the statistical power of this study was too low to show it.…”