Participation in cardiac rehabilitation after hospitalisation for @entity712 : a report from the BIO- XXXX registry.

@entity1 @entity1187 @entity712 @entity955
OBJECTIVE: Participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after hospitalisation for @entity712 ( @entity712 ) is estimated to below, but specific data for Belgium are lacking. Therefore, we wanted to evaluate attendance after @entity712 hospitalisation compared to @entity1 after cardiac surgery or @entity1187 ( @entity1187 ). Moreover, the improvement in exercise capacity was compared with the other @entity1 groups. METHODS AND RESULTS: @entity1 who were hospitalized for @entity712 (n=428), cardiac surgery (n=358) or @entity1187 (n=467) in a single hospital, were prospectively included between January 2010 and May 2012. After hospitalisation for @entity712 only 9% participated, compared to 29% after @entity1187 and 56% after cardiac surgery. Non- @entity1 in @entity712 were older, more frequently @entity1 (P <0.01) and had a better left ventricular ejection fraction (P < 0.05). In addition, they had more frequently @entity955 and problems to walk independently (P <0.01). At the start of the CR, @entity712 @entity1 had a worse clinical status and exercise capacity than @entity1 after cardiac surgery or @entity1187 (all P <0.001). However, exercise training resulted in a significant improvement in each group separately (all P < 0.001) and the relative improvement in exercise capacity in @entity712 was comparable with the other groups. CONCLUSIONS: Only 9% of @entity712 @entity1 participated in CR after hospitalisation. Age, female gender, a relatively well-preserved ventricular function and @entity955 seem to impede attendance to CR. However, @entity712 @entity1 can have as much improvement in exercise capacity as other @entity1 populations, suggesting that more effort is needed to increase participation in CR among @entity712 @entity1 .
