The safety of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program in patients after Myocardial Infarction

Evgenia Trevlaki *, Emmanouil Trevlakis, Georgios Xrysos, Stauroula Kapageridou and Anna Chalkia

International Hellenic University, Department of Physiotherapy, Sindos, Greece.
 
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2022, 06(01), 288–293.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2022.6.1.0140
Publication history: 
Received on 18 May 2022; revised on 21 June 2022; accepted on 23 June 2022
 
Abstract: 
Objective: The aim of the present review is to identify the safety of an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program in patients after myocardial infarction.
Materials and Methods: The PubMed/Medline and Scopus/Elsevier electronic databases were searched. A search strategy was developed based on the intersection of 2 search themes: cardiac rehabilitation program and exercise safety.
Results: The articles that finally met all the inclusion criteria and were analyzed, after the screening of the title, the summary and the whole text, were 4. A total of 180.946 patients who received cardiac rehabilitation were examined in this review and 124 complications were occurred: 71 cardiac arrests (11 fatal), 15 myocardial infarctions (2 fatal), and 31 non-life-threatening patients: angina, ventricular tachycardia, 1 orthopedic injury and 4 deaths from cardiorespiratory disorder.
Discussion: The present review has demonstrated that individualized and prescribed exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is safe and recommended. The complications of these programs appear to be of low risk and with no statistical importance. The exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation when combined with patient participation, proper equipment and educated physicians present a very safe clinical approach to cardiovascular patients.
 
Keywords: 
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program; Exercise Safety; Myocardium Infrastructure; Patients
 
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