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July 10, 2012CirculationOpen Access

Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance and Outcomes in Coronary Artery Disease Patients

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Why the study?

Does cardiac rehabilitation completion reduce mortality and resource use in patients with coronary artery disease?

Population

5,886 subjects with coronary artery disease who had undergone angiography and were referred for cardiac…

Comparison

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) completion vs Cardiac rehabilitation noncompleters

Design

Cohort

Authors

BMBillie‐Jean MartinTHTrina HauerRARoss Arena

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Overview

May support broader CR access in CAD; leaves open causal confirmation by RCTs.

Structured PICO

Does cardiac rehabilitation completion reduce mortality and resource use in patients with coronary artery disease?

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Population
5,886 subjects with coronary artery disease who had undergone angiography and were referred for cardiac rehabilitation (mean age 60.6 years, 20.8% female) in Calgary, AB, Canada.
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Intervention
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) completion
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Comparator
Cardiac rehabilitation noncompleters (propensity-matched on baseline characteristics)
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Outcome
Mortality and resource use (freedom from emergency room visits, hospitalization, and survival)hard clinical

Completion of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery disease is associated with significantly improved survival and reduced hospitalizations.

Cite This Study

Martin et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1f3e0a0a7b9a4ae2233651https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.111.066738
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