The Relationship Between Cognitive Status and Exercise Capacity, Fatigue Perception in Coronary Artery Patients

Exercise training for patients with coronary artery disease is an essential element of multicomponent cardiac rehabilitation. For the successful implementation of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programs, adequate cognitive function (e.g. executive function, selective attention, memory) is an important prerequisite. In patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, the presence of coronary microvascular dysfunction as determined by low coronary flow reserve is associated with abnormal cerebral flow hemodynamics and mild but significant impairment in cognitive function. In the literature, there is no study examining the relationship between cognitive level and fatigue perception.

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the research
• Being diagnosed with coronary artery disease
• To cooperate with the tests to be performed
• Signing a consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of neurological disease that may affect cognitive status
• Presence of clinically unstable cardiac disease
• Left ventricular ejection fraction <30%
• Being diagnosed with end-stage renal failure
• Diagnosed with active myocarditis or pericarditis
• Being diagnosed with rhythm disorder
• Having amputation, peripheral arterial disease, musculoskeletal and/or neurological diseases that will prevent participation in functional capacity tests
• Not volunteering to participate in the study