Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Suppresses Deterioration of Renal Function in Patients ≥75 Years of Age With Heart Disease

• Published in: Circulation Journal Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 612 - 622
• Main Authors: Sasamoto, Yuichiro, Endo, Noriko, Kanazawa, Kohko, Utsumi, Taeko, Takahashi, Tomomi, Endo, Yosuke, Nanba, Makoto, Takeda, Hiroto, Takano, Tomohiro, Takahashi, Koki, Tanji, Masahiro, Kohzuki, Masahiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Circulation Society 23.04.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Creatinine; Cystatin C; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Heart Diseases; Humans; Kidney - physiology; Kidney disease; Outpatients; Patient readmission; Physical activity; Prospective Studies; Kidney disease; Physical activity; Patient readmission; Cystatin C; Glomerular filtration rate

Background:This study investigated the effect of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (OCR) and physical activity on the estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum cystatin C (eGFRcys) in patients with heart disease (HD) aged ≥75 years.Methods and Results:This non-randomized prospective interv...