Clinical Characteristics and Course of Patients Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation with Chronic Kidney Disease: Data from the Italian Survey on Cardiac Rehabilitation
Table 4
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures during cardiac rehabilitation programs (, %).
ā
CKD ()
Non-CKD ()
value
6-minute walking test on admission
79 (39.5)
904 (43.4)
0.28
6-minute walking test at discharge
83 (41.5)
864 (41.5)
0.99
Exercise stress testing on admission
9 (4.5)
437 (21.0)
<0.0001
Exercise stress testing at discharge
27 (13.5)
678 (32.6)
<0.0001
Cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing on admission
4 (2.0)
118 (5.7)
0.02
Cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing at discharge