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Does cardiac rehabilitation improve survival in people with type 2 diabetes after myocardial infarction?
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve survival in people with type 2 diabetes after myocardial infarction?
The abstract highlights the limited research on the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation for secondary prevention in diabetic patients post-myocardial infarction, despite their higher mortality rates.
Limited evidence on cardiac rehabilitation post-MI in diabetes leaves survival benefit open; prospective trials needed before practice change.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in people with type 2 diabetes. People with diabetes have substantially higher short‐term (30 days) and long‐term (up to 10 years) mortality rates after acute myocardial infarction, than people without diabetes. The reason behind this higher mortality rate is not completely understood. Cardiac rehabilitation post myocardial infarction has been shown to be beneficial in non‐diabetic patients in reducing both morbidity and mortality. Research investigating the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation for people with diabetes is much more limited.
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Kirk et al. (2004) studied this question.
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