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Filter by:Our study focuses on the question about primary cardiac rehabilitation (CR) patients with coronary heart disease are concerned about demonstrating the association between the patients' view of CR and social associated factors. In our study, all participants are invited to choose at least 1 question in 15 questions or provide their questions regarding their doubt about the CR after filling in their personal information. The selectable questions can be categorized into five titles: the content or purpose of CR, the method of CR, the advantage of CR, the adverse effect of CR, and the expenditure of CR.
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR), particularly regular exercise, can improve the cardiopulmonary function, exercise capacity, and quality of life for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Consequently, the patients after TAVI will be enrolled in our randomized controlled trial to demonstrate if the moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) can improve the cardiopulmonary function compared with the control group after receiving treatment for 12 weeks. Moreover, we will provide new insights regarding whether cardiac systolic function or cardiac diastolic function is mainly improved after regular exercise for TAVI patients. As a result, the principal hypothesis of our study is that MICT will improve the cardiopulmonary function and can extremely affect the cardiac diastolic function of patients with TAVI after the implementation of exercise for 12 weeks.
The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of two different high intensity interval training (HIIT) prescription approaches on improving fitness, heart function, and the ability of the body's muscles to receive oxygen.
Epidemiological reports show that the incidence of atrial fibrillation continues to increase. AF is the most common arrhythmia with high mortality and disability rate. Radio frequency ablation has good therapeutic effect of AF symptoms. However, even after successful radio frequency ablation, there are still many discomforts that deserve medical attention. The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart disease have been recognized，but the adherence with cardiac rehabilitation is not satisfactory. Home-based rehabilitation has received increasing recognition because it has overcome many obstacles for patients to participate in cardiac rehabilitation. The application of Internet+ follow-up mode and intelligent wearable devices provide new ideas for home-based cardiac rehabilitation with the progress of information technology nowadays. This study used an experimental research design. The aim was to explore the application effects of Internet platform and wearable devices in home-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with atrial fibrillation after radio frequency ablation. The final goal is to provide the basis for the development and application of this kind of home-based cardiac rehabilitation care in patients with atrial fibrillation after radio frequency ablation.
The aim of this study is to establish an innovative Cardiac Tele-Rehabilitation (CTR) model. It could expands assistance resources through coordination with public administrations, developing a physical exercise program (PEP) assistance model in phase II that resolves the current situation of lack of adherence in the PEP due in part to the long waiting time to start it. To sum up this study could improve adherence in Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase III. It represents an opportunity to validate an innovative model for the realization of the PEP for phase II that could be expanded to other centres.
External Counterpulsation Therapy (ECP) is a therapeutic procedure that performed on patients with angina or heart failure to relieve the ischaemic symptoms, improve functional capacity, and quality of life. In recent studies, ECP has already proved to reduce angina symptoms, decrease degree of ischemic in heart train test. External Counterpulsation Therapy (ECP) therapy is a non-invasive technique for sequentially pressuring calf, lower thighs, and upper thighs through developed cuffs at pressure above systolic blood pressure when diastole, then deflated at systole.
Coronary heart disease, including acute coronary syndromes (ACS), is the leading cause of death in European countries. One of the basic elements of secondary and tertiary prevention of ACS is cardiac rehabilitation. The aims of the study are evaluation of the impact of cardiac rehabilitation on health state- especially on cardiovascular function parameters in patients after acute coronary syndrome and evaluation of the influence of the level of gene expression and polymorphisms of genes associated with ischemic heart disease on the course of cardiac rehabilitation in patients after ACS. The study will consist of a retrospective and prospective part. The retrospective part will include patients who have had acute coronary syndrome in the past and then - before being included in the study - have undergone cardiac rehabilitation. In the retrospective part, patients enrolled in the study will not undergo cardiac rehabilitation as a part of the study intervention. The prospective part will include patients who have had an acute coronary syndrome in the past and will undergo cardiac rehabilitation as the study intervention. After being included in the study, patients will undergo medical examination. Then subsequent procedures will be performed: anthropometric measurements; ECG; body composition analysis by bioimpedance; measurement of resting blood pressure, resting heart rate and oxygen saturation of hemoglobin; pulse wave analysis; transthoracic echocardiography of the heart; 24-hour blood pressure measurement by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM); 24-hour ECG recording using the Holter method; electrocardiographic exercise test on a treadmill and / or a six-minute walk test or other exercise test adequate to the patient's state of health; assessment of the quality of the diet; assessment of lifestyle, acceptance of disease and quality of life; assessment of the psychological profile. Subsequently patients taking part in the prospective part of the study will perform a cardiac rehabilitation program. After the cardiac rehabilitation program measurement procedures listed above will be repeated. Before and after the cardiac rehabilitation program blood samples, urine samples and hair samples will be collected. Blood samples, urine samples and hair samples will also be collected from patients taking part in the retrospective part of the study.
In recent decades, local healthcare services have undergone dramatic changes. The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to a shift from specialized hospital to local healthcare services to meet the growing expectations for better performance and outcomes in health care and better value for money. It is unique that Central Denmark Region has assigned phase II cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as a local healthcare task. However, there is sparse knowledge about how this reform may influence processes of care and outcomes in CR. This association is important to investigate when dramatic organisational changes in settings of evidence based interventions is implemented, as well as in relation to helping people with heart disease return to an active and satisfying everyday life.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is highly prevalent in women resulting in 398,086 deaths annually. Even as women participate in traditional CR programs, data specificity and subsequent research have yet to emerge in a meaningful way so that women-centered CR can be better customized and their outcomes properly assessed. Aerobic fitness is a powerful predictor of prognosis in individuals with CVD yet there is evidence that women do not improve their peak VO2 as much as men during CR. We have designed a training program for women based upon past research with a goal of optimizing their training potential in CR. This program combines the utilization of a training technique termed high intensity interval training along with specific strength training exercises of the upper legs. We hypothesize that women, irrespective of age, would be capable of high intensity interval training to improve peak aerobic capacity in the CR setting. Furthermore, since women often have a deficit of thigh strength entering CR, and thigh strength correlates with endurance walking,strength training will also be included. The purpose of this study is to examine the value of high intensity interval training and strength training to maximize aerobic training response in CR for women. This may contribute to establishing specific protocols and training guidelines for future program design for women in CR. Since a set of comprehensive CR guidelines pertaining to women is lacking, it is hoped that the results of this study will help us develop exercise protocols and regimen to better structure and modulate CR programs for optimal benefit to women.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary disease characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and consequently left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Its prevalence is estimated at around 0.2% in the general population. HCM is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death due to cardiovascular disease in young athletes, accounting for one third of deaths. HCM patients often have symptoms of heart failure. The ESC recommendations for heart failure (HF) from 2016 recommend exercise training regardless of ejection fraction to improve exercise capacity, quality of life, and reduction in hospitalizations due to HF. Meanwhile, for many years, HCM was equivalent to exercise training limitation. According to the 2014 ESC guidelines, it is recommended for patients with HCM to avoid sports practice. However the results of Edelmann et al. research, suggest that physical training leads to a significant clinical improvement in patients with diastolic dysfunction and thus may be beneficial in patients with HCM. In 2015 results of a first study were published (Klempfner et al.), which showed that the majority of HCM patients with moderate risk undergoing supervised physical training had improved physical performance and no significant adverse events were recorded. The study was limited by the small number of admitted patients (twenty), lack of control group and failure to perform cardio-pulmonary exercise test. The main goal of the study will be to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of comprehensive cardiological rehabilitation and telerehabilitation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy without left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with preserved systolic function. The study is planned to include 30 patients with HCM subjected to physical training and 30 patients with HCM in the control group treated as standard according to current guidelines, not subjected to physical training.