Key result
Cardiac rehab for ACS lacks nationwide data on risk factors and exercise capacity in Japan.
Why the study?
Although cardiac rehabilitation is a Class I recommendation in guidelines for ACS management, nationwide studies on CR in patients with ACS remain limited in Japan.
Does Phase II comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation improve coronary risk factors and exercise capacity in patients with acute coronary syndrome?
Does Phase II comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation improve coronary risk factors and exercise capacity in patients with acute coronary syndrome?
Phase II comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation in Japanese ACS patients is associated with significant improvements in exercise capacity and coronary risk factor profiles.
Associated with better risk factor control and exercise capacity in Japanese ACS; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm causality.
Background:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is categorized as a Class I recommendation in guidelines for the management of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS); however, nationwide studies on CR in patients with ACS remain limited in Japan.
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Nishitani‐Yokoyama et al. (2020) studied this question. Cardiac rehabilitation is a Class I recommendation for acute coronary syndrome, but nationwide studies on its effects on risk factor modification and exercise capacity remain limited in Japan.
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