Remote cardiac rehabilitation is a good alternative of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in the COVID-19 era

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized for HF

	Outpatient CR	Remote CR	non-CR	P
N	69	30	137
Background
age, yrs.	59±18	70±9 a	69±20 b	.01
male n, %	42 (61%)	12 (40%) a	56 (41%) b	.02
BMI, %	25±6	23±3	24±6	.36
EF, %	34±7	33±10	38±20	.11
NYHA IV n, %	8 (12%)	4 (13%)	18 (13%)	.95
CAD n, %	9 (13%)	4 (13%)	18 (13%)	1.00
EQ5D score at discharge	0.77±0.11	0.82±0.19	-	.10
Outcome
EQ5D score 30 days after discharge	0.80±0.14	0.87±0.15 a	-	.03
Emergency readmission n, %	2 (3%)	0 (0%)	16 (12%) bc	.02

Patients’ characteristics were compared using the χ² test for non-continuous variables or an unpaired t test for continuous variables
CR cardiac rehabilitation, HF heart failure, BMI body mass index, EF ejection fraction, NYHA New York Heart Association, CAD coronary artery disease
^aP < 0.05 between patients with outpatient CR and remote CR
^bP < 0.05 between patients with outpatient CR and non-CR
^cP < 0.05 between patients with remote CR and non-CR

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