Why the study?
Does participation in cardiac rehabilitation reduce mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus after percutaneous coronary intervention?
Population
3,079 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention in Olmsted County between 1994 and 2010.
Comparison
Participation in cardiac rehabilitation vs No participation in cardiac rehabilitation
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 8.1 years
Authors
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CR participation may warrant stronger referral efforts in DM post-PCI; leaves open causality and generalizability pending randomized data.
Does participation in cardiac rehabilitation reduce mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus after percutaneous coronary intervention?
Cardiac rehabilitation participation after percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes, highlighting the need to overcome barriers to participation in this high-risk group.
Jiménez‐Navarro et al. (2017) studied this question.
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