Pre-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Measures and Enrollment in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Abstract

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between exercise tolerance, functional status, exercise behavior, and enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation (CR), preoperatively in individuals undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS: Seventy-eight individuals undergoing CABG were evaluated 1 to 7 days preoperatively using the following measures: 2-minute walk test (2MWT), Duke Activity Status Index (DASI), …

Authors

Brady S; Thomas S; Nolan R; Brooks D

Journal

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 343–349

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

November 2005

DOI

10.1097/00008483-200511000-00006

ISSN

1932-7501

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Dina Brooks

Executive Vice-Dean and Associate Vice-President, Academic, Faculty of Health Sciences

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