Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Treatment of Women with Microvascular Angina

GAO Yu; ZHOU Jiang-rong; SUN Gui-lan

doi:10.14033/j.cnki.cfmr.2015.22.008

Abstract：Objective:To investigate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation(CR) for psychological and physiological morbidity in women with microvascular angina.Method:60 women with microvascular angina were randomly assigned to the experimental group(routin drugs+24 week CR exercise program) and the control group(routin drugs),30 cases in each group.All women completed the cardiac anxiety questionnaire,six-minute walk test and echocardiography assessment of cardiac function.Result:(1)After CR,patients demonstrated improved cardiac anxiety questionnaire score [(32.26±6.57) vs (22.40±5.14)],6-minute walk test [(373.83±61.25)m vs (430.51±49.31)m],stroke volume [(65.11±11.31)ml vs (70.51±7.97)ml],cardiac output [(5.04±1.61)L/min vs (5.91±1.49)L/min], left ventricular ejection fraction [(63.21±7.56)% vs (71.23±8.92)),there were statistical significance(P<0.05).(2)Compared with the control group,cardiac anxiety questionnaire score[(22.40±5.14) vs (31.60±5.48)],6-minute walk distance[(430.51±49.31)m vs (392.41±68.25)m],stroke volume[(70.51±7.97)ml vs (65.12±9.12)ml],left ventricular ejection fraction[(71.23±8.92)% vs (64.24±6.28)%] improved,there were statistical significance(P<0.05).Conclusion:24-week cardiac rehabilitation program improves exercise tolerance,psychological morbidity and cardiac function in women with microvascular angina.