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A Novel Digital Platform for a Monitored Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Published on: April 19, 2019
[Using changes of left cardiac functional parameters and CPET evaluated the clinical effectiveness of individualized
Yan-Fang Zhang1,2, Xing-Guo Sun1,2, Ji-Nan Wang1,3
1The Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400050.
Insights
Intensive, individualized exercise programs significantly improve cardiovascular function in chronic disease patients. Continuous monitoring of cardiac function, alongside cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), offers a safe and effective evaluation method.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Exercise Physiology
- Preventive Medicine
Context:
- Chronic diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular metabolic conditions, require effective management strategies.
- Assessing cardiovascular function is crucial for evaluating treatment efficacy in these patients.
- Individualized exercise programs are increasingly recognized for their therapeutic potential.
Purpose:
- To evaluate the clinical utility of continuous dynamic recording of left cardiac function changes.
- To assess improvements in patients with chronic diseases after a 3-month intensive, individualized precision exercise program.
- To determine if continuous cardiac monitoring can supplement cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) for cardiovascular evaluation.
Summary:
- A 3-month intensive, individualized exercise program significantly improved cardiovascular and respiratory function in 21 chronic disease patients.
- Key improvements included decreased blood pressure, increased Peak VO2 and ejection fraction, and reduced peripheral resistance.
- Continuous non-invasive cardiac function monitoring (N-ISCFD) data correlated with improvements observed via CPET.
Impact:
- This study demonstrates that CPET combined with continuous cardiac monitoring can safely guide individualized exercise programs for chronic disease patients.
- Long-term intensive management through tailored exercise effectively enhances cardiovascular function.
- Continuous dynamic recording of cardiac parameters provides a valuable, simple method for assessing cardiovascular health post-intervention.
Abstract:
Objective: To explore and study the clinical usefulness of continuous dynamic recording of left cardiac function changes forevaluation the improvement in patients with chronic disease after 3 months of intensive control of individualized precision exercise overall manage program. Methods: From 2018 to 2021, 21 patients with chronic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular metabolic diseases mainly controlled by our team were selected to complete the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and Non-invasive synchronous cardiac function detector (N-ISCFD), electrocardiogram, radial pulse wave, jugular pulse wave and cardiogram data were continuously recorded for 50s.According to the titration results under CPET and continuous functional parameters monitoring, a holistic plan with individualized moderate exercise intensity as the core was developed for 3 months of intensive management, and then N-ISCFD data collection was repeatedafter signing the informed consent. All N-ISCFD data were analyzed in the 50s according to the optimal report mode of Fuwai Hospital and 52 cardiac functional indexes were calculated. The data before and after the enhanced control were compared and the paired T-test was used to statistically analyze the changes of groups. Results: Twenty-one patients with chronic diseases (16 male and 5 female) were (54.05±12.77,29~75) years, BMI (25.53±4.04,16.62~31.7) kg/m2.Comparison with baseline,the whole group analysis: ①The body weight, BMI, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure of patients were significantly decreased(P<0.01).②CPET Peak VO2 was (64.93±24.22, 26.96~103.48) %Pred before enhanced control, and (85.22±30.31, 43.95~140.48) %Pred after enhanced control, and increased (35.09±27.87, 0.12~129.35) % after enhanced control compared with before enhanced control. The AT, Peak VO2/HR, Peak Work Rate, OUEP, FVC, FEV1, FEV3/FVC% and MVV were significantly increased (P<0.01) and the Lowest VE/VCO2 and VE/VCO2 Slope were significantly decreased(P<0.01).③Core indicators of left heart function:Ejection fraction was significantly increased from (0.60±0.12,0.40~0.88) to(0.66±0.09, 0.53~0.87)(P< 0.01), by (12.39±14.90,-12.32~41.11)%. The total peripheral resistance was significantly decreased from (1579.52±425.45,779.46~2409.61) G/(cm4·s),to(1340.44±261.49,756.05~1827.01) G/(cm4·s)(P<0.01), by (12.00±17.27,37.79~28.61) %.The left stroke index, cardiac total power, ejective pressure and left ventricular end diastolic volumewere significantly improved (P<0.05).The change analysis of each indicator for each patient is shown in the individualized analysis section of this study. Conclusion: Use CPET and continuous functional monitoring we can safely and effectively develop the overall program of individualized exercise in patients with chronic diseases. Long-term intensive management and control can safely and effectively significantly improve the cardiovascular function of patients. Continuous dynamic recording of changes in left and right cardiac functional parameters can be a simple way to supplement CPET to evaluate cardiovascular function.
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