biostudies-literatureUnknown14(2)Miralles-Resurreccion KV<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an effective but underutilized intervention. Strategies have been identified to increase its use, but there is paucity of data testing them in low-resource settings. We sought to determine the effect of automatic referral post-coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on CR enrollment. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This is a retrospective cohort study assessing cardiac patients referred to CR at a tertiary center in Southeast Asia from 2013 to 2019. The paper-based pathway was introduced at the end of 2012. The checklist with automatic CR referral on the third day post-operation prompted a nurse to educate the patient about CR, initiate phase 1 and encourage enrollment in phase 2. Patients who were not eligible for the pathway for adminJournal of cardiovascular and thoracic research84-89https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9339729biostudies-literatureTrends in cardiac rehabilitation enrollment post-coronary artery bypass grafting upon implementation of automatic referral in Southeast Asia: A retrospective cohort study.PMC9339729Grace SLCuenza LRMiralles-Resurreccion KVfalseTrends in cardiac rehabilitation enrollment post-coronary artery bypass grafting upon implementation of automatic referral in Southeast Asia: A retrospective cohort study.<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an effective but underutilized intervention. Strategies have been identified to increase its use, but there is paucity of data testing them in low-resource settings. We sought to determine the effect of automatic referral post-coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on CR enrollment. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This is a retrospective cohort study assessing cardiac patients referred to CR at a tertiary center in Southeast Asia from 2013 to 2019. The paper-based pathway was introduced at the end of 2012. The checklist with automatic CR referral on the third day post-operation prompted a nurse to educate the patient about CR, initiate phase 1 and encourage enrollment in phase 2. Patients who were not eligible for the pathway for admin2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222025-04-18T18:06:59.644Z2025-02-19T02:26:26.828ZS-EPMC93397293593538510.34172/jcvtr.2022.22