Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Effects of Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation on Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Elderly Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Tomo Onishi, Kazunori Shimada, Hiroyuki Sato, Eriko Seki, Yoshiro Watanabe, Satoshi Sunayama, Hirotoshi Ohmura, Yoshiyuki Masaki, Miho Nishitani, Kosuke Fukao, Atsumi Kume, Takahiro Sumide, Hiroshi Mokuno, Hisashi Naito, Sachio Kawai, Hiroyuki Daida
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Keywords: Cardiovascular events, Cardiac rehabilitation, Coronary artery disease, Elderly patients, Prognosis
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2010 Volume 74 Issue 4 Pages 709-714

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Abstract

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has numerous benefits, including reduction of mortality and cardiovascular events, in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the long-term effect of phase III CR in elderly patients with stable CAD is still unknown. Methods and Results: The 111 elderly male CAD patients (≥65 years), including 37 subjects participating in supervised CR for 6 months and 74 age-matched controls, were analyzed. The patients were followed for up to 3,500 days, until the occurrence of death or 1 of the following major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE): cardiovascular death, acute coronary syndrome, refractory angina requiring revascularization, admission for congestive heart failure, or stroke. All-cause mortality tended to be lower in the CR group than in the Control group (14% vs 28%, P=0.081). The MACE incidence was significantly lower in the CR group than in the Control group (30% vs 62%, P=0.001). Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that the MACE incidence was significantly lower in the CR group than in the Control group [adjusted hazard ratio 0.43 (95% confidence interval 0.20-0.91), P=0.027]. Conclusions: Phase III CR has the beneficial effect of reducing cardiovascular events even in elderly patients with stable CAD. (Circ J 2010; 74: 709-714)

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