Home-based exercise is associated with improved cardiac functional performance in patients after acute myocardial infarction.
J Int Med Res
; 48(12): 300060520977637, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-962347
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effects of home-based exercise and physical activity on cardiac functional performance in patients after acute myocardial infarction (MI) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.METHODS:
This retrospective study enrolled patients that received treatment of acute ST-segment elevation MI between and were followed-up 6 months later. The patients were divided into physically active and inactive groups based on their levels of home exercise after hospital discharge.RESULTS:
A total of 78 patients were enrolled in the study 32 were physically active and 46 were physically inactive. The baseline characteristics were comparable between the two groups. At the 6-month visit, left ventricular ejection fraction and six-minute walking test (6MWT) were significantly improved while the proportion of patients with a New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional III classification was decreased in the active patients, whereas these parameters were not significantly changed in the inactive patients. In addition, the 6MWT was greater while the proportion of patients with an NYHA III classification was lower in the active group than the inactive group at the 6-month visit.CONCLUSION:
Maintaining physical activity at home was associated with improved cardiac functional performance in patients after acute MI during the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Exercise
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Heart Function Tests
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Myocardial Infarction
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Int Med Res
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0300060520977637
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