General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Nov 2018
Preoperative nutritional status is associated with progression of postoperative cardiac rehabilitation in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery.
Progression of cardiac rehabilitation after cardiovascular surgery can be affected by frailty. The nutritional status of the patient has been proposed as an indicator of frailty. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the influence of preoperative nutritional status on the progress of postoperative cardiac rehabilitation. ⋯ Preoperative nutritional status was associated with progression of postoperative cardiac rehabilitation.