Clinical Assessment on the Safety of Cardiac Rehabilitation for the Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

［Abstract］Objective To evaluate the safety of cardiac rehabilitation （CR） for the elderly patients with chronic heart failure（CHF）. Methods All 72 patients with CHF over the age of 60 were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups: the experimental groups（n＝35）and control groups（n＝37）. Patients in both groups were treated strictly according to the treatment guideline. On the basis of drug treatment， patients in experimental group were given a comprehensive CR program. The occurrence of all-cause death， due to deterioration of heart failure readmission and serious adverse events were compared after 12 months. Results　Compared with the control group， the incidence of all-cause and the cases for the deterioration of heart failure readmission decreased in the experimental group after 12 months （P < 0.05）. There was no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of serious adverse events between the two groups（P > 0.05）. Conclusion For the elderly CHF patients， cardiac rehabilitation can effectively reduce all-cause death and deterioration of heart failure readmission in patients， but the serious adverse events had no obvious change. It is safe and effective for the elderly patients with chronic heart failure.