The Role of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Reducing Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Heart Transplant Patients

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a recommended treatment strategy for multiple populations to elicit well-established improvements in functional capacity, quality of life, and long-term outcomes.1 –6 Risk reduction has been shown in both all-cause and cardiovascular mortality with CR participation following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), myocardial infarction (MI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, and ventricular assist device implantation.1,7–10 More recently, long -term major adverse cardiac events (MACE) have also been investigated in these populations as a method of identifying high-risk patients for early integration of preventive care.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research