Why the study?
Does participation in cardiac rehabilitation improve health status outcomes and survival in patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Population
4,929 patients with acute myocardial infarction enrolled in the PREMIER and TRIUMPH registries, mean age…
Comparison
Participation in at least 1 cardiac… vs No participation in cardiac rehabilitation.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 months for health status, up to 7 years for mortality
Authors
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CR participation was not associated with better health status after AMI; leaves open whether randomized trials would detect benefits.
Does participation in cardiac rehabilitation improve health status outcomes and survival in patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Participation in cardiac rehabilitation after AMI confers a significant long-term survival benefit, though it does not appear to significantly change patient-reported health status at 1 year compared to non-participants.
Kureshi et al. (2016) studied this question.
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