Predictors for one-year outcomes of cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular risk factor control after cardiac rehabilitation in elderly patients: The EU-CaRE study.
Prisca EserThimo MarcinEva PrescottLeonie F PrinsEvelien KolkmanWendy BruinsAstrid E van der VeldeCarlos Peña GilMarie-Christine IliouDiego ArdissinoUwe ZeymerEsther P MeindersmaArnoud W J Van'tHofEd P de KluiverMatthias WilhelmPublished in: PloS one (2021)
In a previously understudied population of elderly CR patients, time between index event and start of CR in surgery and disease severity in non-surgery patients were the most important predictors for long-term improvement of peak VO2. Non-surgery patients had better CVRF control.