Open AccessTime-to-Referral, Use, and Efficacy of Cardiac Rehabilitation After Heart Transplantation
Author(s) -
Susan Marzolini,
Sherry L. Grace,
Dina Brooks,
Dale Corbett,
Sunita Mathur,
Robert Bertelink,
Valerie Skeffington,
David A. Alter,
Paul Oh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000000361
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , referral , deconditioning , anthropometry , waist , heart transplantation , rehabilitation , physical therapy , cardiology , transplantation , myocardial infarction , surgery , family medicine
Timely access, adherence, and efficacy of cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRP) are important given the potential to mitigate or reverse the side effects of immunosuppressive medications, weight gain, and cardiovascular deconditioning that place heart transplant (HT) recipients at increased cardiovascular risk. However, there is a dearth of information on use and efficacy of CRPs. Therefore, we examined process indicators (time to referral and correlates, program adherence) and clinical outcome indicators (functional capacity (VO(2peak)), anthropometrics) of CR post-HT compared to post-coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).