Association Between Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Health Status Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves survival after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and referral to CR has been introduced as a performance measure of high-quality care. The association of participation in CR with patients' health status (eg, quality of life, symptoms, and functional status) is poorly defined.

Objective

To examine the association of participation in CR with health status outcomes after AMI.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted of patients enrolled in 2 AMI registries: PREMIER, from January 1, 2003, to June 28, 2004, and TRIUMPH, from April 11, 2005, to December 31, 2008. The analytic cohort was restricted to 4929 patients with data available on baseline health status, 6- or 12- month follow-up heal

SUBMITTER: Kureshi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5482268 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature