Improvement in Physiological Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life Following Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Changes in Health Utility of Patients after Cardiac Surgery

“…We previously reported that phase II CR outpatient programs for cardiac patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increased psychological outcomes such as HRQOL similar to those found in the present study [8]. Another study also indicated that improvement of psychological outcomes following phase II CR was similar to that of HRQOL in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and valve replacement [5].…”

“…Physiological outcomes were also previously reported after cardiac surgery in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and valve replacement [5][6][7][8]. The reported goals of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for these patients are to improve exercise capacity, reduce coronary risk factors, improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and reduce subsequent cardiac events, sudden death, all-cause mortality, and hospitalization costs [5][6][7][8][9]. However, with regard to the economic evaluation of hospital costs, several previous studies suggested that health utility, which can be assessed by several preference-based utility measures, is an important measure in the analysis of cost effectiveness in health care [10][11][12][13].…”

“…Physiological outcomes were also previously reported after cardiac surgery in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and valve replacement [5][6][7][8]. The reported goals of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for these patients are to improve exercise capacity, reduce coronary risk factors, improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and reduce subsequent cardiac events, sudden death, all-cause mortality, and hospitalization costs [5][6][7][8][9].…”

“…Each session was composed of a warm-up, aerobic exercise, resistance training, and cool down period. Exercise intensity during aerobic exercise was maintained at anaerobic threshold heart-rate level using treadmill walking or cycle ergometer with a rating of perceived exertion of [11][12][13] (according to the Borg 6-20 scale) [4,5,8].…”

Maximum Strength Estimate of Quadriceps and Brachial Biceps Muscles in Patients with Chronic Heart Disease

“…DISCuSSIon cardiovascular rehabilitation is a well-established means of improving the functional capacity, physiological outcomes, quality of life and psychological wellbeing in patients with cardiovascular disease [18][19][20] . resistance training is now recommended as a component of cardiac rehabilitation by the major guidelines 1,2,19 .…”