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Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation for Coronary Heart Disease

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Anderson, Lindsey, Oldridge, Neil, Thompson, David R., Zwisler, Ann-Dorthe, Rees, Karen, Martin, Nicole, Taylor, Rod S.·2016·Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Background Although recommended in guidelines for the management of coronary heart disease (CHD), concerns have been raised about the applicability of evidence from existing meta-analyses of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR).Objectives The goal of this study is to update the Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise-based CR for CHD.Methods The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Science Citation Index Expanded were searched to July 2014. Retrieved papers, systematic reviews, and trial registries were hand-searched. We included randomized controlled trials with at least 6 months of follow-up, comparing CR to no-exercise controls following myocardial infarction or revascularization, or with a diagnosis of angina pectoris or CHD defined by angiography. Two authors screened titles for inclusion, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias. Studies were pooled using random effects meta-analysis, and stratified analyses were undertaken to examine potential treatment effect modifiers.Results A total of 63 studies with 14,486 participants with median follow-up of 12 months were included. Overall, CR led to a reduction in cardiovascular mortality (relative risk: 0.74; 95% confidence interval: 0.64 to 0.86) and the risk of hospital admissions (relative risk: 0.82; 95% confidence interval: 0.70 to 0.96). There was no significant effect on total mortality, myocardial infarction, or revascularization. The majority of studies (14 of 20) showed higher levels of health-related quality of life in 1 or more domains following exercise-based CR compared with control subjects.Conclusions This study confirms that exercise-based CR reduces cardiovascular mortality and provides important data showing reductions in hospital admissions and improvements in quality of life. These benefits appear to be consistent across patients and intervention types and were independent of study quality, setting, and publication date.

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Authors
Anderson, L., Oldridge, N., Thompson, D. R., Zwisler, A.-D., Rees, K., Martin, N., & Taylor, R. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Exeter (GB)
  • University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (US)
  • Australian Catholic University (AU)
  • University of Southern Denmark (DK)
  • University of Warwick (GB)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Corresponding author
Taylor, Rod S.
Venue
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-01
Volume
67
Issue
1
Pages
1-12
ISSN
0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2224950676
Cited by
1,910
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 111 · 2025: 135 · 2024: 149 · 2023: 168 · 2022: 204 · 2021: 259 · 2020: 264 · 2019: 231 · 2018: 170 · 2017: 156 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 2
FWCI
167.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion)
  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (RP-DG-0709-10111, RP-PG-0611-12004, NF-SI-0514-10155, RP-PG-1210-12004)
  • University of Exeter
  • Programme Grants for Applied Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Keywords
exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation, coronary artery disease, cardiovascular mortality, hospitalization, health-related quality of life, myocardial infarction, revascularization, angina pectoris, exercise therapy
MeSH terms
Coronary Disease, Humans, Quality of Life, Exercise, Treatment Outcome

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