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Prehabilitation in Cardiac Surgery: Part 1: From Phenotype-driven Risk Stratification to Individualized Multimodal Preoperative Optimization.
Cardiology clinics - 1 Aug 2026
Catena Daniel, Germinario Lorenzo, Mohsen Ghaith, Hellner Nicolas, Apaydin Semiha, Stoppe Christian
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Cardiac surgery patients increasingly present with frailty, sarcopenia, malnutrition, anemia, and psychological distress, contributing to high perioperative risk and impaired recovery. Prehabilitation has emerged within Enhanced Recovery after Surgery cardiac frameworks as a proactive strategy to enhance physiologic and psychological resilience before surgery. This article summarizes current evidence on risk...
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