BACKGROUND: Heart rate recovery (HRR) at predischarge exercise stress test predicts all-cause mortality in patients with myocardial infarction (MI), but the relationship between improvement in HRR with exercise training and clinical outcomes remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of change in HRR after exercise training on clinical outcomes in MI patients. METHODS: The study included 386 consecutive patients with recent MI who were enrolled into our cardiac rehabilitation program. All patients underwent symptom-limited treadmill testing at baseline and after exercise training, and were prospectively followed-up in the outpatient clinic. RESULTS: Treadmill testing revealed significant improvement in HRR after 8 weeks of exercise training (17.5 +/- 10.0 bpm to 19.0 +/- 12.3 bpm, P = .011). After follow-up of 79 +/- 41 months, 40 (10.4%) patients died of cardiac events. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that diabetes (hazard ratio [HR] 2.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-5.19, P = .049), statin use (HR 0.36, 95% CI 0.16-0.80, P = .012), baseline resting heart rate > or =65 bpm (HR 5.37, 95% CI 1.33-21.61, P = .018), post-training HRR <12 bpm (HR 2.49, 95% CI 1.10-5.63, P = .028), left ventricular ejection fraction < or =30% (HR 4.70, 95% CI 1.34-16.46, P = .016), and exercise capacity < or =4 metabolic equivalents (HR 3.63, 95% CI 1.17-11.28, P = .026) were independent predictors of cardiac death. Patients who failed to improve HRR from <12 bpm to > or =12 bpm after exercise training had significantly higher mortality (HR 6.2, 95% CI 1.3-29.2, P = .022). CONCLUSION: Exercise training improved HRR in patients with recent MI, and patients with HRR increased to > or =12 bpm had better cardiac survival. Copyright 2010. Published by Elsevier Inc.
BACKGROUND: Heart rate recovery (HRR) at predischarge exercise stress test predicts all-cause mortality in patients with myocardial infarction (MI), but the relationship between improvement in HRR with exercise training and clinical outcomes remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of change in HRR after exercise training on clinical outcomes in MI patients. METHODS: The study included 386 consecutive patients with recent MI who were enrolled into our cardiac rehabilitation program. All patients underwent symptom-limited treadmill testing at baseline and after exercise training, and were prospectively followed-up in the outpatient clinic. RESULTS: Treadmill testing revealed significant improvement in HRR after 8 weeks of exercise training (17.5 +/- 10.0 bpm to 19.0 +/- 12.3 bpm, P = .011). After follow-up of 79 +/- 41 months, 40 (10.4%) patients died of cardiac events. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that diabetes (hazard ratio [HR] 2.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-5.19, P = .049), statin use (HR 0.36, 95% CI 0.16-0.80, P = .012), baseline resting heart rate > or =65 bpm (HR 5.37, 95% CI 1.33-21.61, P = .018), post-training HRR <12 bpm (HR 2.49, 95% CI 1.10-5.63, P = .028), left ventricular ejection fraction < or =30% (HR 4.70, 95% CI 1.34-16.46, P = .016), and exercise capacity < or =4 metabolic equivalents (HR 3.63, 95% CI 1.17-11.28, P = .026) were independent predictors of cardiac death. Patients who failed to improve HRR from <12 bpm to > or =12 bpm after exercise training had significantly higher mortality (HR 6.2, 95% CI 1.3-29.2, P = .022). CONCLUSION: Exercise training improved HRR in patients with recent MI, and patients with HRR increased to > or =12 bpm had better cardiac survival. Copyright 2010. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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