Why the study?
Does outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance reduce 10-year all-cause mortality in patients who survived at least 6 months after coronary artery bypass surgery?
Population
846 patients who survived at least 6 months after coronary artery bypass surgery between 1996 and 2007 in…
Comparison
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) attendance vs No cardiac rehabilitation attendance
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 9.0±3.7 years
Authors
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May warrant broader CR access post-CABG; extends observational data but leaves open need for RCT confirmation.
Does outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance reduce 10-year all-cause mortality in patients who survived at least 6 months after coronary artery bypass surgery?
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance after coronary artery bypass surgery is associated with a substantial reduction in long-term all-cause mortality, with a number needed to treat of 8.
Pack et al. (2013) studied this question.
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