Relationship Between Exercise Workload During Cardiac Rehabilitation and Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 117; no. 8; pp. 1236 - 1241
• Main Authors: Brawner, Clinton A., PhD, Abdul-Nour, Khaled, MD, Lewis, Barry, DO, Schairer, John R., DO, Modi, Shalini S., MD, Kerrigan, Dennis J., PhD, Ehrman, Jonathan K., PhD, Keteyian, Steven J., PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.04.2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary Artery Disease - rehabilitation; Exercise Test; Exercise Therapy - methods; Exercise Tolerance - physiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart attacks; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome

The purpose of this retrospective, observational study was to describe the relation between exercise workload during cardiac rehabilitation (CR), expressed as metabolic equivalents of task (METs), and prognosis among patients with coronary heart disease. We included patients with coronary heart dise...