AU - Raygan, Fariba AU - Taghadosi, Mohsen AU - Rajabi-Moghadam, Hasan AU - Hoseini, Alireza AU - Moravveji, Sayyed Alireza TI - Effect of a cardiac rehabilitation program on clinical and paraclinical findings of patients with ischemic heart disease PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - KAUMS JN - KAUMS VO - 17 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://feyz.kaums.ac.ir/article-1-1900-en.html 4100 - http://feyz.kaums.ac.ir/article-1-1900-en.pdf SO - KAUMS 2 ABĀ  - Background: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is predicted to be the most common cause of death worldwide by 2020. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as a secondary preventive measure can reduce the cardiac risk factors, mortality and morbidity, and improve the quality of life in such patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an 8-week CR program on clinical and paraclinical findings of patients with IHD.Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was performed on IHD patients referred to Kashan Shahid Beheshti hospital. Patients were allocatedĀ the two groups (rehabilitation and control). The rehabilitation group received an 8-week rehabilitation program the clinical and paraclinical evaluations were performed before and after the program. Results: This study showed that body weight, BMI, HDL, TG, FBS, resting heart rate and the systolic and diastolic blood pressure, quality of life, exercise capacity, maximal oxygen uptake during exercise and the numbers of recurrent hospitalization were significantly improved in the rehabilitation group (P CP - IRAN IN - Student Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, I. R. Iran. LG - eng PB - KAUMS PG - 132 PT - Research YR - 2013