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Annals of vascular surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Supervised exercise program improves aerobic fitness in patients awaiting abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Aerobic fitness is an important predictor of postoperative outcome in major surgery. In this study, we assess the effects of a period of preoperative exercise on aerobic fitness as measured by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in patients scheduled for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. ⋯ This study shows that cardiopulmonary aerobic fitness improves after a period of supervised exercise in patients scheduled for AAA repair. This is justification for a randomized trial to assess whether this affects morbidity and mortality after AAA repair.