Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation improved LVEF from 31.1% to 35.9% (p<0.01), increased 6-min walk distance from 306 m to 388 m (p<0.01), reduced NT-proBNP levels (466.8 to 411.6 pg/mL, p<0.01), lowered NYHA class from 2.5 to 2.1 (p<0.01), reduced HADS scores, and increased KCCQ scores, with low mortality (0.6%) and rehospitalisation (2.8%) during rehabilitation in patients with HFrEF.
Observational (n=808)
Yes
Does inpatient cardiac rehabilitation improve physical capacity, left ventricular function, and quality of life in patients with clinically stable HFrEF?
Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation in patients with HFrEF is associated with significant short-term improvements in physical capacity, LVEF, and quality of life, with benefits largely maintained at 6 months.
Cardiac rehabilitation was associated with improvements in physical capacity, left ventricular function, psychological well-being, and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure, alongside low observed rehospitalisation rates during follow-up.
Kutali et al. (Mon,) conducted a observational in Patients with clinically stable heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and LVEF ≤ 40% undergoing inpatient cardiac rehabilitation (n=808). Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation program was evaluated on Change in physical capacity, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), NYHA class, NT-proBNP levels, psychological well-being (HADS), quality of life (KCCQ), mortality and rehospitalisation rates during rehabilitation and follow-up. Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation improved LVEF from 31.1% to 35.9% (p<0.01), increased 6-min walk distance from 306 m to 388 m (p<0.01), reduced NT-proBNP levels (466.8 to 411.6 pg/mL, p<0.01), lowered NYHA class from 2.5 to 2.1 (p<0.01), reduced HADS scores, and increased KCCQ scores, with low mortality (0.6%) and rehospitalisation (2.8%) during rehabilitation in patients with HFrEF.