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Published on: March 27, 2018
Influence of the practice physical activity in the coronary artery bypass graft surgery results
Rosane Maria Nery1, Juarez Neuhaus Barbisan, Mahmud Ismail Mahmud
1Health Science Post-Graduate Program at Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia, Porto Alegre, RS. pesquisa@cardiologia.org.br
Objective:
To evaluate the frequency changes of physical activity practice in pre- and postoperative of the patients submitted to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and the frequency influence on the physical activity practice in the patients' preoperative prognosis.
Methods:
Cases studies of 55 patients submitted to CABG divided into active and sedentary regarding physical activity practices.
Results:
After CAGB, 14 (47%) patients classified as sedentary before surgery were practicing exercises (p = 0.03). Seventeen (59%) sedentary patients in the preoperative period presented complications after the surgery compared to 8 (31%) active patients (p = 0.04). The hospital length of stay among sedentary patients versus active patients before surgery was 15 (SD=8) and 12 (SD=5) days; p=0.03, respectively.
Conclusion:
The present study showed the importance of physical activity practice in the preoperative stage on the outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery. The patients physically active had a shorter hospital length of stay and a lower number of both trans- and postoperative complications within 1 year. The cardiac surgery promoted the patients' change of habits, increasing the number of physically active patients during the 1-year follow-up.
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