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Prehabilitation in Cardiac Surgery: Part 1: From Phenotype-driven Risk Stratification to Individualized Multimodal

Daniel Catena1, Lorenzo Germinario2, Ghaith Mohsen2

  • 1Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine CCM/CVK, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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Prehabilitation improves outcomes for cardiac surgery patients facing frailty and distress. This strategy enhances resilience through nutrition, exercise, and psychological support, optimizing recovery and reducing perioperative risk.

Keywords:
Cardiac prehabilitationERAS cardiacFrailty and sarcopeniaMultimodal optimizationRisk stratification

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Geriatrics
  • Perioperative Medicine

Background:

  • Cardiac surgery patients often exhibit frailty, sarcopenia, malnutrition, anemia, and psychological distress.
  • These conditions increase perioperative risk and hinder recovery.
  • Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) frameworks increasingly incorporate prehabilitation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize evidence on risk stratification for prehabilitation in cardiac surgery.
  • To outline the core components of multimodal prehabilitation.
  • To discuss patient selection, intervention tailoring, and integration into routine care.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current evidence on prehabilitation strategies.
  • Focus on risk stratification and phenotype-driven patient selection.
  • Description of multimodal interventions: nutrition, exercise, patient blood management, psychological support.

Main Results:

  • Prehabilitation aims to enhance physiologic and psychological resilience before surgery.
  • Multimodal prehabilitation components are detailed.
  • Emphasis on tailoring interventions based on patient phenotypes.

Conclusions:

  • Prehabilitation is a proactive strategy to improve outcomes in high-risk cardiac surgery patients.
  • Personalized, phenotype-driven prehabilitation is key.
  • Integration into routine cardiac surgical care is a future direction.