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ArticleJournal of cardiac failure2017

Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Patients With Heart Failure.

Linda G Park, David W Schopfer, Ning Zhang, Hui Shen, Mary A Whooley

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Article in Journal of cardiac failure, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04248088 (Getting Into Light Exercise for Patients With Heart Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04248088 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Getting Into Light Exercise for Patients With Heart Failure

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of VirginiaRan2019 to 2021Enrolled100ConditionsHeart FailureArmsGentle Stretching and Education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Veterans: A Narrative Review.Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Linda G ParkSan Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California; School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: linda.park@ucsf.edu.
David W SchopferSan Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California; Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Ning ZhangSan Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
Hui ShenSan Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
Mary A WhooleySan Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California; Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California; Department of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California.
San Francisco VA Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUnity Health System · US

Funding

UCSF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024131 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSTON, S. CLAIBORNE · 2006 to 2011
$111.2M
Institutional Career Development Core SupplementKL2TR001870 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M., SARKAR, URMIMALA · 2016 to 2025
$19.7M
Biomarker Research in Musculoskeleton DiseaseK24AR051895 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BAUER, DOUGLAS C · 2005 to 2015
$1.5M
HSRD VA IP1 HX002002NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001870NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024131NIAMS NIH HHS K24 AR051895
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiac rehabilitation (CR) is linked to reduced mortality and morbidity, including improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, psychosocial state, and quality of life in patients with heart failure (HF). However, little is known about CR utilization among patients with HF.

objectiveWe sought to determine (a) the proportion of patients with HF who participated in CR and (b) patient characteristics associated with participation.

methodsA retrospective study was conducted with the use of national data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Veterans Health Administration. We used primary discharge ICD-9 codes to identify patients hospitalized for HF during 2007-2011 and identified CR participation with the use of current procedure terminology codes from claims data. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify patient characteristics associated with CR participation.

resultsThere were 66,710 veterans and 243,208 Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for HF and 1554 (2.3%) and 6280 (2.6%), respectively, who attended ≥1 sessions of outpatient CR. Among Medicare beneficiaries, men were more likely than women to participate in CR (3.7% vs 1.8%; P < .001), but there was no gender difference among veterans (2.3% vs 2.8%; P = .40). Characteristics associated with participation in CR in both groups included younger age, white race, and history of ischemic heart disease.

conclusionsVery few HF patients participated in CR, with lower rates among older non-white women with a history of depression or other chronic medical conditions. Because Medicare has recently introduced coverage for CR in patients with systolic HF, we must increase efforts to improve CR participation, especially among these vulnerable groups.

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Cardiac RehabilitationFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMedicarePatient ParticipationRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans Affairscardiovascular diseaseexercisemedicareveterans

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PMID28232047
PMCPMC5454027
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