Clinical predictors of morbidity and mortality in patients with myocardial infarction or revascularization who underwent cardiac rehabilitation, and importance of diabetes mellitus and exercise capacity

This investigation was a prospective, follow-up study to assess whether baseline clinical and investigational parameters were predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients enrolled into the cardiac rehabilitation program. A cohort of 418 patients (70% were men) with coronary heart...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2000-02, Vol.85 (3), p.344-349
Main Authors: Yu, Cheuk-Man, Lau, Chu-Pak, Cheung, Bernard Man-Yung, Fong, Yee-Man, Ho, Yin-Yu, Lam, Kam-Bik, Li, Leonard Sheung-Wai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - mortality
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - rehabilitation
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Diabetes Complications
Disease-Free Survival
Diseases of the cardiovascular system
Exercise
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Myocardial Infarction - complications
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Myocardial Infarction - rehabilitation
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Risk Factors
Tropical medicine
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Summary:This investigation was a prospective, follow-up study to assess whether baseline clinical and investigational parameters were predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients enrolled into the cardiac rehabilitation program. A cohort of 418 patients (70% were men) with coronary heart disease was followed up 3.2 ± 1.1 years. Two hundred twenty-seven of them (54%) had a recent myocardial infarction (MI), with a thrombolytic rate of 54%. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed in 45% of patients. The covariates assessed include age, gender, smoking habit, body mass index, the presence of hypertension or diabetes mellitus, exercise habit, site and severity of MI, status of thrombolytic therapy, peak creatine phosphokinase, plasma lipid profiles, ejection fraction, PTCA performed, number of diseased coronary arteries, and exercise capacity. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol decreased significantly (3.2 ± 1.0 vs 2.7 ± 0.7 mmol/L, p
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00744-4