Why the study?
Does expanded cardiac rehabilitation improve biochemical risk markers and exercise performance in patients treated for acute myocardial infarction or CABG?
Population
224 patients with an acute myocardial infarction or patients undergoing coronary artery by-pass grafting
Comparison
Expanded cardiac rehabilitation including stress… vs Usual cardiac rehabilitation
Design
RCT, Randomized
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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No added benefit from expanded cardiac rehabilitation; challenges assumptions favoring multifactorial expansion over usual care post-MI or CABG.
Does expanded cardiac rehabilitation improve biochemical risk markers and exercise performance in patients treated for acute myocardial infarction or CABG?
An expanded cardiac rehabilitation program with multifactorial interventions did not provide additional benefits in biochemical risk markers or exercise performance compared to usual cardiac rehabilitation.
Plüss et al. (2008) studied this question.
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