%0 Journal Article %T Effects of Changes in Myocardial Dysfunction on Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angioplasty After Cardiac Rehabilitation %J Iranian Heart Journal %I Iranian Heart Association %Z %A Parsa, Alireza %A Sadeghi, Masoumeh %A Roghahi, Farshad %A Golshahi, Jafar %A Khani, Azam %A Yazdekhasti, Safoura %D 2018 %\ 03/01/2018 %V 19 %N 1 %P 52-60 %! Effects of Changes in Myocardial Dysfunction on Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angioplasty After Cardiac Rehabilitation %K Cardiac Rehabilitation %K Quality of Life %K Myocardial dysfunction %K Coronary Angioplasty %R %X Background: Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programs constitute a treatment method in patientswith coronary artery disease and can prolong patients’ lifespan and reduce the frequency ofreadmission. The present study aimed to determine the effects of changes in myocardialdysfunction on quality of life after cardiac rehabilitation.Method: The present interventional case-control study randomly assigned patients with coronary arterydisease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention to a case group (n = 40) and a controlgroup (n = 40). A demographic questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), theBaecke Physical Activity Inventory, and the MacNew Quality of Life Questionnaire werecompleted for all the patients before and after the study. Echocardiography and laboratory testswere also conducted. The case group underwent the cardiac rehabilitation program. The datacollected were analyzed in SPSS 21 using measures of the independent and paired t-test, as wellas the χ2 test.Results: The mean age of the study patients was 57.71 years. Moreover, 92.5% of the patients weremale in both groups. The 2 groups were matched in terms of demographic characteristics.Cholesterol, fasting blood sugar, and smoking status were found to show statistically significantdifferences in the case and control groups after the intervention compared to before theintervention, whereas the difference in the mean scores of myocardial dysfunction wasstatistically insignificant at both time points. The intervention also improved the quality of lifeof the participants in the emotional, physical, and social dimensions (P < 0.01).Conclusions: Cardiac rehabilitation programs are recommended with a view to improving quality oflife in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty. %U http://journal.iha.org.ir/article_82806_44b3271821eca06798e37cb0ea43cd16.pdf