ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2018
Efficacy of Different Types of Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Coronary Heart Disease: a Network Meta-analysis.
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- Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Cardiac Function and Cardiovascular Adverse Events in Coronary Heart Disease Patients Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: a systematic review and evidence mapping study.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Home-based versus centre-based cardiac rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis.European heart journal · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of "Internet+" Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Prognosis of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-Analysis.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- X-CircuiT and conventional exercise in home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with coronary artery disease and risk factors: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial.Annals of medicine · 2025Trial
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- Protein Intake and Resistance Training Across Clinical Populations: A PRISMA-Guided Rapid Review of Observational and Randomized Evidence.Nutrients · 2026Review
- TAMIS Consensus on Multidisciplinary Team Care in Post-Acute Stage of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Nutrition, Pharmacotherapy, and Cardiac Rehabilitation.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2026Article
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- Uptake and Effectiveness of Outpatient vs. Residential Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Analysis.Global heart · 2025Article
- The Impact of Cardiac Telerehabilitation on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): A Systematic Review Protocol.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Consumer and provider perceptions of the specialist unit model of care: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Effect of Medication Therapy Management by Pharmaceutical Care on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertension: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Patients' Perceptions of Exercise-Based Cardiac Telerehabilitation after a Myocardial Infarction-A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundExercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been recognized as an essential component of the treatment for coronary heart disease (CHD). Determining the efficacy of modern alternative treatment methods is the key to developing exercise-based CR programs.
methodsStudies published through June 6, 2016, were identified using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. English-language articles regarding the efficacy of different modes of CR in patients with CHD were included in this analysis. Two investigators independently reviewed abstracts and full-text articles and extracted data from the studies. According to the categories described by prior Cochrane reviews, exercise-based CR was classified into center-based CR, home-based CR, tele-based CR, and combined CR for this analysis. Outcomes included all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, recurrent fatal and/or nonfatal myocardial infarction, recurrent cardiac artery bypass grafting, recurrent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and hospital readmissions.
resultsSixty randomized clinical trials (n = 19,411) were included in the analysis. Network meta-analysis (NMA) demonstrated that only center-based CR significantly reduced all-cause mortality (center-based: RR = 0.76 [95% CI 0.64-0.90], p = 0.002) compared to usual care. Other modes of CR were not significantly different from usual care with regard to their ability to reduce mortality. Treatment ranking indicated that combined CR exhibited the highest probability (86.9%) of being the most effective mode, but this finding was not statistically significant due to the small sample size (combined: RR = 0.50 [95% CI 0.20-1.27], p = 0.146).
conclusionsCurrent evidence suggests that center-based CR is acceptable for patients with CHD. As home- and tele-based CR can save time, money, effort, and resources and may be preferred by patients, their efficacy should be investigated further in subsequent studies.
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