Geert Kleinnibbelink

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Pulmonary Hypertension 9 191 small sample size may also explain why we could not detect a significant effect of CR on hospitalisation, despite the lower absolute prevalence of re-hospitalisation and OR in PH patients undergoing CR. CONCLUSION In conclusion, the present study of 1,264 patients with primary PH suggests that CR is associated with 40% lower odds of 1-year mortality, when compared to propensity score-matched patients without CR or exercise programmes. This novel data on clinical outcomes highlights the potential of CR and urgency of appropriately powered RCTs to investigate the causal effects of prescription of exercise as medicine for patients with PH.