Brian D Duscha, Leanna M Ross, Andrew L Hoselton, Lucy W Piner, Carl F Pieper, William E Kraus
PURPOSE: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is endorsed for coronary artery disease (CAD), but studies report inconsistent findings regarding efficacy. The objective of this study was to determine whether confounding factors, potentially contributing to these heterogeneous findings, impact the effect of CR on all-cause readmission and mortality. METHODS: Patients (n = 2641) with CAD, CR eligible, and physically able were identified. Electronic medical records were inspected individually for each patient to extract demographic, clinical characteristic, readmission, and mortality information...
December 19, 2023: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention