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 (𝑛, %).

	CKD (𝑛=200)	Non-CKD (𝑛=2081)	𝑃 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	16 (8.0)	141 (6.8)	0.51
Holter electrocardiogram	88 (44.0)	832 (40.0)	0.27
Venous infusions	68 (23.9)	171 (8.6)	<0.0001
Thoracentesis	6 (3.0)	26 (1.2)	0.04
Blood transfusions	9 (4.5)	13 (0.6)	<0.0001
Geriatric multidimensional evaluation	58 (29.0)	396 (19.0)	0.0007
Computed tomography	16 (8.0)	73 (3.5)	0.002
Ultrasounds	44 (22.0)	330 (15.6)	0.02
Individual exercise sessions	92 (46.0)	495 (23.8)	<0.0001