Abstract 20850: Predicting Cardiorespiratory Fitness at Cardiac Rehabilitation Completion: Patient Factors That Deserve Special Attention

Introduction: null Improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) over the course of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are strongly predictive of survival in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. However, not all CR participants achieve equal gains in CRF. Our objective was to determine predictors of post-CR CRF in a large cohort of subjects completing CR. null null Hypothesis: null Baseline CRF, in addition to patient factors, will be predictive...