Una visión general de los ensayos aleatorizados de rehabilitación con ejercicio después de un infarto de miocardio

G T O'Connor1, J E Buring, S Yusuf

  • 1Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Circulation
|August 1, 1989
PubMed
Resumen

La rehabilitación cardíaca con ejercicio reduce significativamente la mortalidad total, la mortalidad cardiovascular y el reinfarto fatal después del infarto de miocardio (IM). Este metanálisis de 22 ensayos muestra una reducción del 20% en la mortalidad general, destacando los beneficios de los programas integrales de recuperación cardíaca.

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