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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Peripheral Artery Disease in a Tertiary Center-Impact on Arterial Stiffness and Functional Status after 6 Months.

Razvan Anghel, Cristina Andreea Adam, Dragos Traian Marius Marcu, Ovidiu Mitu, Mihai Roca, Grigore Tinica, Florin Mitu

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Disease-Specific Quality of Life among Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease in Hungary.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  4. Distinct Features of Vascular Diseases in COVID-19.Journal of inflammation research · 2023
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Razvan AnghelClinical Rehabilitation Hospital, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Clinic, Pantelimon Halipa Street nr 14, 700661 Iași, Romania.
Cristina Andreea AdamClinical Rehabilitation Hospital, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Clinic, Pantelimon Halipa Street nr 14, 700661 Iași, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7313-3320
Dragos Traian Marius MarcuDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street nr 16, 700115 Iași, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2334-9953
Ovidiu MituDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street nr 16, 700115 Iași, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9438-8565
Mihai RocaClinical Rehabilitation Hospital, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Clinic, Pantelimon Halipa Street nr 14, 700661 Iași, Romania.
Grigore TinicaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa", University Street nr 16, 700115 Iași, Romania.
Florin MituClinical Rehabilitation Hospital, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Clinic, Pantelimon Halipa Street nr 14, 700661 Iași, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1801-9327
Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · ROGrigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) plays an essential role in peripheral artery disease (PAD), leading to improved functional status, increased quality of life, and reduced arterial stiffness. We aimed to assess factors associated with clinical improvement 6 months after enrolment in a rehabilitation program at an academic medical center in north-eastern Europe. Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study on 97 patients with PAD admitted to a single tertiary referral center. At the 6-months follow-up, 75 patients (77.3%) showed improved clinical status. We analyzed demographics and clinical and paraclinical parameters in order to explore factors associated with a favorable outcome. Results: Hypertension (p = 0.002), diabetes mellitus (p = 0.002), dyslipidemia (p = 0.045), and obesity (p = 0.564) were associated with no clinical improvement. Smoking cessation (p < 0.001), changing sedentary lifestyle (p = 0.032), and improvement of lipid and carbohydrate profile as well as functional status parameters and ambulatory arterial stiffness index (p = 0.008) were factors associated with clinical improvement at the 6-months follow-up. Conclusions: PAD patients require an integrative, multidisciplinary management to maintain functional status and increase quality of life. Improving carbohydrate and lipid profile, adopting a healthy lifestyle, quitting smoking and increasing exercise capacity are predictors for clinical improvement 6 months after enrolment in a CR program.

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adherenceambulatory arterial stiffness indexarterial stiffnesscardiac rehabilitationexerciseperipheral artery diseasequality of life

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PMCPMC9024562
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