TY - JOUR
T1 - Major EPidemiological cHanges and clInical variableS in paTients undergOing a Program of HEart rehabiLitation after cardiac Surgery - MEPHISTOPHELES
AU - Baravelli, Massimo
AU - Picozzi, Anna
AU - Rossi, Andrea
AU - Cattaneo, Paolo
AU - Imperiale, Daniela
AU - Rossi, Maria Cristina
AU - Fantoni, Cecilia
AU - Vezzaro, Gaia
AU - Crespi, Laura
AU - Bosco, Monica
AU - Borghi, Silvana
AU - Ballotta, Andrea
AU - Menicanti, Lorenzo
AU - Donatelli, Francesco
AU - Gronda, Edoardo
AU - Anzà, Claudio
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Background. Recent observational studies show an increase of more complex and critically ill patients referred to Italian cardiac rehabilitation (CR) departments; the exact mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, however, have not been clearly identified. The aim of our study was to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical changes occurred over the last decade in patients hospitalized in CR departments with high admittance rates. Methods. We have retrospectively evaluated all patients admitted between 2002 and 2009 to our division of CR (n = 3340, 1155 female, mean age 66.4 ± 11 years) after recent cardiac surgery. The study population was divided into two homogeneous groups: the four-year period 2002-2005, group A (n = 1614, 540 female, mean age 66.1 ± 10 years) and the four-year period 2006-2009, group B (n = 1726, 615 female, mean age 67.4 ± 11 years). Data were compared using specific indicators of clinical complexity. Results. Patients aged >75 years were more in group B compared to A (26.3 vs 19.8%, p
AB - Background. Recent observational studies show an increase of more complex and critically ill patients referred to Italian cardiac rehabilitation (CR) departments; the exact mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, however, have not been clearly identified. The aim of our study was to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical changes occurred over the last decade in patients hospitalized in CR departments with high admittance rates. Methods. We have retrospectively evaluated all patients admitted between 2002 and 2009 to our division of CR (n = 3340, 1155 female, mean age 66.4 ± 11 years) after recent cardiac surgery. The study population was divided into two homogeneous groups: the four-year period 2002-2005, group A (n = 1614, 540 female, mean age 66.1 ± 10 years) and the four-year period 2006-2009, group B (n = 1726, 615 female, mean age 67.4 ± 11 years). Data were compared using specific indicators of clinical complexity. Results. Patients aged >75 years were more in group B compared to A (26.3 vs 19.8%, p
KW - Cardiac rehabilitation
KW - Cardiac surgery
KW - Epidemiology
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U2 - 10.1714/926.10176
DO - 10.1714/926.10176
M3 - Article
C2 - 21892223
AN - SCOPUS:80053326936
VL - 12
SP - 611
EP - 618
JO - Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia
JF - Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia
SN - 1827-6806
IS - 9
ER -