The 6-minute walking test and all-cause mortality in patients undergoing a post-cardiac surgery rehabilitation program

• Published in: European journal of preventive cardiology Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 20
• Main Authors: La Rovere, Maria Teresa, Pinna, Gian Domenico, Maestri, Roberto, Olmetti, Francesca, Paganini, Vincenzo, Riccardi, Giorgio, Riccardi, Roberto, Goggi, Claudio, Ranucci, Marco, Febo, Oreste
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - mortality; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - rehabilitation; Cause of Death; Exercise Test - methods; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Stroke Volume; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Function, Left; Walking; mortality; cardiac surgery; 6-minute walking test; functional capacity; cardiac rehabilitation; left ventricular ejection fraction

The 6-minute walking test (6mWT) is used to prescribe physical activity in cardiac surgery patients. The clinical value of a pre-discharge 6mWT and its association with outcome is not well defined. We retrospectively analyzed data from 313 patients (age 66 ± 11 years, 23% females, left ventricular e...