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HealthReferenceCenterAcademicDocumentCardiacrehabilitationissafeandhelpfulforelderlycoronarypatients

Cardiacrehabilitationissafeandhelpfulforelderlycoronarypatients
WorldDiseaseWeekly.(Mar.28,2006):p293.
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Cardiacrehabilitationissafeandhelpfulforelderlycoronarypatients,andshouldberecommendedby
physiciansfollowingmajorcoronaryeventsandrevascularizationprocedures.
ArecentreportfromItalynotes,"InWesterncountries,theagingandimprovingsurvivalofpatientswithcoronary
heartdiseaseareresponsibleforanincreasingnumberofolderadults(65yearsofageandolder)whoare
eligibleforcardiacrehabilitation.Theelderlywithcoronaryheartdiseaserepresentaspecialpopulationwith
changesinducedbyagingandlifestyle,comorbidity,cognitivedysfunction,andhighriskofdisability."
"Althoughtheelderlyaccountforthemajorityofcardiacadmissionsandprocedures,studiesoncardiac
rehabilitationhavetraditionallyfocusedonyoungerpatients,"wroteN.FerraraandcolleaguesattheSalvatore
MaugeriFoundationinPavia."Inagedexperimentalanimals,thereisevidencethatexercisetrainingisableto
improvehemodynamicparametersandbiologicmarkers.Moreover,inolderpatients,exerciseimproves
functionalcapacityandreducesmyocardialwork,similartothatseeninyoungerpatients.Asforyounger
patients,cardiacrehabilitationrequiresamultidisciplinaryapproach,includingcomprehensiveassessment,
treatmentofriskfactorsandcomorbidity,andpsychosocialassessment."
"Cardiacrehabilitationissafeandhelpfulforelderlycoronarypatients,"concludedtheauthors."Physiciansmust
beencouragedtoprescribecardiacrehabilitationprogramsfortheelderlyfollowingmajorcoronaryeventsand
coronaryrevascularizationprocedures."
FerraraandcolleaguespublishedtheirarticleintheAmericanJournalofGeriatricCardiology(Cardiac
rehabilitationintheelderly:Patientselectionandoutcomes.AmJGeriatrCardiol,200615(1):2227).
Foradditionalinformation,contactG.Corbi,IRCCS,FoundationSMaugeri,ViaBagniVecchi,I82037Telese
Terme,BN,Italy.
Thepublisher'scontactinformationfortheAmericanJournalofGeriatricCardiologyis:LeJacqLtd.,3Parklands
Drive,Darien,CT06820,USA.
Keywords:Pavia,Italy,Cardiology,CardiovascularDisease,CardiovascularRehabilitationPrograms,Cognition,
Geriatrics,Rehabilitation.
ThisarticlewaspreparedbyWorldDiseaseWeeklyeditorsfromstaffandotherreports.Copyright2006,World
DiseaseWeeklyviaNewsRx.com.
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