Changes in Physical Performance and Their Association With Health-Related Quality of Life in a Mixed Nonischemic Cardiac Population That Participates in Rehabilitation

Purpose: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves physical performance and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, whether improvements in physical performance are associated with changes in HRQoL has not been adequately investigated in a nonischemic cardiac population. Methods: Patients who were ablated for atrial fibrillation, who underwent heart valve surgery or who were treated for infective endocarditis, and who participated...