Long-term effects of cardiac rehabilitation after heart valve surgery - results from the randomised CopenHeart <sub>VR</sub> trial
Kirstine Lærum Sibilitz, Lars Hermann Tang, Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Signe Stelling Risom, Trine Bernholdt Rasmussen, Jean‐Paul Schmid, Britt Borregaard, Christian Hassager, Lars Køber, Rod S Taylor, Ann‐Dorthe Zwisler
Abstract
. Exercise-based CR after heart valve surgery reduces combined readmissions and mortality up to 12 months despite lack of improvement in exercise capacity, physical and mental health long-term. Exercise-based CR can ensure short-term benefits in terms of physical capacity, and lower readmission within a year, but more research is needed to sustain these effects over a longer time period. These considerations should be included in the management of patients after heart valve surgery.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineRehabilitationPhysical therapyAnxietyRandomized controlled trialHospital Anxiety and Depression ScaleHeart failureMental healthDepression (economics)Heart rateVO2 maxInternal medicineBlood pressurePsychiatryMacroeconomicsEconomicsCardiac Health and Mental HealthCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors