Key result
Cardiac rehabilitation is a cost-effective strategy for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease that improves cardiopulmonary fitness and reduces morbidity and mortality, though it remains underutilized.
Why the study?
Despite the known benefits of cardiac rehabilitation for an expanding eligible pool of cardiovascular disease patients, referral and participation rates remain low, highlighting the need for interventions to increase its use.
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve mortality and morbidity in patients with cardiovascular diseases?
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve mortality and morbidity in patients with cardiovascular diseases?
Cardiac rehabilitation is a highly effective, guideline-recommended secondary prevention strategy that reduces cardiovascular mortality and improves functional capacity, but requires interventions to increase referral and participation rates.
May warrant targeted interventions to boost uptake; leaves open optimal strategies for improving referral and participation.
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the majorcause of mortality globally. Coronary heart disease is the largest subset of cardiovascular disease. Although mortality rates decline during time, hospital discharge data as a measure of morbidity rates are stable, leading to larger pool of patients eligible to benefit from cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation is a multi-disciplinary approach including exersize training, patient counselling, education and nutritional guidance. Despite the many known benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, refferal and participation rates remainlow and interventions to increase its use need to be developed.
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Fahriye Vatansever Ağca (2019) conducted a review in Cardiovascular diseases. Cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated. Cardiac rehabilitation is a cost-effective strategy for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease that improves cardiopulmonary fitness and reduces morbidity and mortality, though it remains underutilized.
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