The Usefulness of Impedance Cardiography for Predicting Beneficial Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Heart Failure
Joint Authors
Krzesiński, Paweł
Gielerak, Grzegorz
Piotrowicz, Ewa
Piotrowicz, Ryszard
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Aim.
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an important part of heart failure (HF) treatment.
The aim of this paper was to evaluate if thoracic fluid content (TFC) measured by impedance cardiography (ICG) is a useful parameter for predicting the outcome of CR.
Methods.
Fifty HF patients underwent clinical and noninvasive haemodynamic (TFC) assessments before and after 8-week CR.
Results.
As a result of CR, the patients’ exercise tolerance improved, especially in terms of peak VO2 (18.7 versus 20.8 mL × kg−1 × min−1; P=0.025).
TFC was found to identify patients with significantly improved peak VO2 after CR.
“High TFC” patients (TFC > 27.0 kOhm−1), compared to those of “low TFC” (TFC < 27.0 kOhm−1), were found to have more pronounced increase in peak VO2 (1.3 versus 3.1 mL × kg−1 × min−1; P=0.011) and decrease in TFC (4.0 versus 0.7 kOhm−1; P<0.00001).
On the other hand, the patients with improved peak VO2 (n=32) differed from those with no peak VO2 improvement in terms of higher baseline TFC values (28.4 versus 25.3 kOhm−1; P=0.039) and its significant decrease after CR (2.7 versus 0.2 kOhm−1; P=0.012).
Conclusions.
TFC can be a useful parameter for predicting beneficial effects of CR worth including in the process of patients’ qualification for CR.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gielerak, Grzegorz& Krzesiński, Paweł& Piotrowicz, Ewa& Piotrowicz, Ryszard. 2013. The Usefulness of Impedance Cardiography for Predicting Beneficial Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Heart Failure. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030699
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gielerak, Grzegorz…[et al.]. The Usefulness of Impedance Cardiography for Predicting Beneficial Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Heart Failure. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030699
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gielerak, Grzegorz& Krzesiński, Paweł& Piotrowicz, Ewa& Piotrowicz, Ryszard. The Usefulness of Impedance Cardiography for Predicting Beneficial Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Heart Failure. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030699
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1030699