Cardiac Rehabilitation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

The experimental group patients were included in the cardiac rehabilitation program. The cardiac rehabilitation program was implemented in the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation unit with bicycle ergometry devices by a team consisting of a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, physiotherapist and nurse. The target heart rate that could be achieved during exercise was determined according to the patient's age and the medications he/she used. The exercise intensity was planned as low and moderate according to the target heart rate percentage. The program was organized as 30 sessions, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. The sessions were implemented for half an hour while the patients were monitored from the bicycle ergometry device.