Factors related to physical functioning decline after cardiac surgery in older patients: A multicenter retrospective study.

CONCLUSIONS: Physical functioning declined in 17% of patients after surgery. The decline could be predicted by several clinical factors, including some that are modifiable. These results suggest that further interventional research on rehabilitation before and after cardiac surgery for older patients might help overcome the decline in physical functioning.
PMID: 31230900 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Cardiology - June 19, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Itagaki A, Saitoh M, Okamura D, Kawamura T, Otsuka S, Tahara M, Mori Y, Kamisaka K, Ochi Y, Yuguchi S, Kato M, Morisawa T, Takahashi T Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research