Clinical Assessment on the Safety of Cardiac Rehabilitation for the Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure / 昆明医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the safety of cardiac rehabilitation(CR)for the elderly patients with chronic heart failure(CHF). Methods All 72 patients with CHF over the age of 60 were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups the experimental groups(n=35)and control groups(n=37). Patients in both groups were treated strictly according to the treatment guideline. On the basis of drug treatment,patients in experimental group were given a comprehensive CR program. The occurrence of all-cause death,due to deterioration of heart failure readmission and serious adverse events were compared after 12 months. ResultsCompared with the control group,the incidence of all-cause and the cases for the deterioration of heart failure readmission decreased in the experimental group after 12 months(P 0.05). Conclusion For the elderly CHF patients,cardiac rehabilitation can effectively reduce all-cause death and deterioration of heart failure readmission in patients,but the serious adverse events had no obvious change. It is safe and effective for the elderly patients with chronic heart failure.