Cardiac rehabilitation goal attainment after myocardial infarction with versus without diabetes: A nationwide registry study

Patients with first-time myocardial infarction (MI) and diabetes mellitus (DM) constitute a vulnerable subgroup of cardiovascular (CV) patients for which secondary prevention is particularly important. We investigated if patients with versus without DM differ in attaining four main lifestyle-related cardiac rehabilitation (CR) targets, one-year post-MI.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - April 17, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: John Wallert, Adam Mitchell, Claes Held, Emil Hagstr öm, Margret Leosdottir, Erik M.G. Olsson Source Type: research