Cardiovascular rehabilitation of patients with ischemic heart disease undergoing medical treatment, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, and coronary artery bypass grafting.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrence of death and myocardial infarction in subgroups of coronary artery disease patients with hemodynamically significant coronary stenoses undergoing treatment in a cardiovascular rehabilitation program and considered severely ill for: a) not having undergone intervention treatment; b) presenting signs of myocardial ischemia; c) presenting multivessel occlusive disease. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of 381 patients presented previous coronary angiography showing hemodynamically significant coronary stenoses, for which, because of the anatomic bias, intervention treatment was indicated. The patients were categorized according to the presence or absence of intervention treatment; presence or absence of ischemia in the exercise test; and number of critical coronary stenoses. Statistical analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier and logistic regression methods. RESULTS: Survival probability was not different when patients undergoing medical treatment were compared to those undergoing previous intervention treatment (OR 0.813; 95% CI; 0.366-1.809); with and without evidence of ischemia in the exercise test (OR 0.785; 95% CI; 0.366-1.684); and with one-vessel coronary artery disease and with more-than-one-vessel coronary artery disease (OR 0.824, 95% CI; 0.377-1.798). CONCLUSION: In this cohort study, no unfavorable outcome was observed in the subgroups comprised of medically treated patients, with evidence of myocardial ischemia and with multivessel coronary artery disease.

Reabilitação cardiovascular de portadores de cardiopatia isquêmica submetidos a tratamento clínico, angioplastia coronariana transluminal percutânea e revascularização cirúrgica do miocárdio / Cardiovascular rehabilitation of patients with ischemic heart disease undergoing medical treatment, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, and coronary artery bypass grafting

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a ocorrência de morte e infarto do miocárdio em portadores de obstruções coronarianas hemodinamicamente significativas, participantes de programa de reabilitação cardiovascular, considerados mais graves por: a) não terem sido submetidos a tratamento intervencionista; b) apresentarem sinais de isquemia miocárdica; e c) apresentarem doença obstrutiva multiarterial. MÉTODOS: Coorte retrospectiva de 381 pacientes, com cinecoronariografia evidenciando obstruções hemodinamicamente significativas, o que, pelo viés anatômico, justificaria tratamento intervencionista. Os pacientes foram categorizados pela presença ou ausência de tratamento intervencionista, presença ou ausência de isquemia no teste ergométrico, e número de obstruções coronarianas críticas. A análise estatística foi feita pelos métodos de Kaplan-Meier e regressão logística. RESULTADOS: A probabilidade de sobrevida não diferiu quando foram comparados os pacientes submetidos a tratamento clínico com os submetidos a tratamento intervencionista prévio (odds ratio [OR] = 0,813; intervalo de confiança [IC] 95 por cento = 0,366-1,809), com evidência de isquemia e sem evidência de isquemia no teste de esforço (OR = 0,785; IC 95 por cento = 0,366-1,684), e os com obstrução em uma artéria coronária em relação aos com obstruções em mais de uma artéria coronária (OR = 0,824; IC 95 por cento = 0,377-1,798). CONCLUSÃO: Nesta coorte, não ocorreu evolução desfavorável nos subgrupos formados por pacientes mantidos em tratamento clínico, com evidência de isquemia miocárdica e com doença coronariana multiarterial.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrence of death and myocardial infarction in subgroups of coronary artery disease patients with hemodynamically significant coronary stenoses undergoing treatment in a cardiovascular rehabilitation program and considered severely ill for: a) not having undergone intervention treatment; b) presenting signs of myocardial ischemia; c) presenting multivessel occlusive disease. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of 381 patients presented previous coronary angiography showing hemodynamically significant coronary stenoses, for which, because of the anatomic bias, intervention treatment was indicated. The patients were categorized according to the presence or absence of intervention treatment; presence or absence of ischemia in the exercise test; and number of critical coronary stenoses. Statistical analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier and logistic regression methods. RESULTS: Survival probability was not different when patients undergoing medical treatment were compared to those undergoing previous intervention treatment (OR 0.813; 95 percent CI; 0.366-1.809); with and without evidence of ischemia in the exercise test (OR 0.785; 95 percent CI; 0.366-1.684); and with one-vessel coronary artery disease and with more-than-one-vessel coronary artery disease (OR 0.824, 95 percent CI; 0.377-1.798). CONCLUSION: In this cohort study, no unfavorable outcome was observed in the subgroups comprised of medically treated patients, with evidence of myocardial ischemia and with multivessel coronary artery disease.