Expanded cardiac rehabilitation in socially vulnerable patients with myocardial infarction: a 10-year follow-up study focusing on mortality and non-fatal events.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk. A research project performed at a university hospital in Denmark offered an expanded CR intervention to socially vulnerable patients. One-year follow-up showed significant improvements concerning medicine compliance, lipid profile, blood pressure and body mass index when compared with socially vulnerable patients receiving standard CR. The aim of the study was to perform a long-term follow-up on the socially differentiated CR intervention and examine the impact of the intervention on all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, non-fatal recurrent events and major cardiac events (MACE) 10 years after. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The cardiac ward at a university hospital in Denmark from 2000 t

SUBMITTER: Hald K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786137 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature