Sunday 6 October 2013

Importance of Cardiac revalidation exercise


What revalidation heart?

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the world. Each year, they are responsible for more than 200,000 hospitalizations. Previously, heart patients should primarily rest after an incident or intervention. Today, they are prescribed revalidation heart to resume an active life as normal as possible. This consists mainly of rehabilitation exercises such as walking or cycling. Sometimes, these exercises are combined with other interventions, such as dietary advice or assistance to quit smoking.

Effect of exercise in Cardiac revalidation

Cardiac revalidation exercise has a positive effect on the quality of life of cardiac patients and decreases the number of hospitalizations and deaths. This is the main conclusion of a study published by the Federal Centre for Health Care Knowledge.

The researchers concluded that the exercises have a positive effect on the quality of life of cardiac patients with cardiac risk is low to moderate. The exercises also reduce the number of hospitalizations and deaths. Scientific data are currently lacking regarding patients with high cardiac risk.

The multidisciplinary rehabilitation including exercise also has a positive effect, but the value of each participant, as dietician or tobaccologist is not clear. An assessment of their specific contribution is advised.

According to study held in Belgium

The study analyzed data from more than 29,000 patients who underwent cardiac surgery in Belgium. One in three patients did not follow any revalidation. Less than half began a multidisciplinary rehabilitation and 10% of these patients, it is limited to one session during hospitalization. After hospital discharge, less than half of the patients continued revalidation.

Specifically, the elderly and women are less likely to follow a multidisciplinary rehabilitation. Another factor highlighted is the distance to a rehabilitation center recognized: cardiac patients who live in a district without this type of center are almost never follow rehabilitation after hospitalization.

The main reasons advanced by respondents for heart patients do not follow the proposed revalidation are a lack of time, the idea can also heal without treatment, distance to center and lack of transportation. These same reasons are given to justify the discontinuation of treatment, with further professional obligations, other physical problems and costs.

Recommendation of Federal Center for health care knowledge

FEDERAL CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE recommends that the cardiovascular risk profile is established for each cardiac patient to hospital discharge (smoking, eating ...). In addition, a suitable exercise program based on the advice of a specialist cardiac rehabilitation should be initiated and rehabilitation sessions should be organized to address the risk factors highlighted.

According to the FEDERAL CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE, all of these sessions should ideally continue for several months and take place near the patient's home, rather than just allowing them only in recognized centers. In addition, the GP and the cardiologist should educate their patients about heart the importance of exercise. If they do not follow the rehabilitation program, physicians should systematically investigate the reasons and possibly consider with the patient alternatives.


At the end, the Federal Center for expert health care emphasizes that life followed by the attending physician is necessary to anchor in the daily patient "good habits"

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