Do more cardiac rehabilitation visits reduce events compared with fewer visits?

摘要

A major goal after a cardiovascular event, whether a myocardial infarction, exacerbation of heart failure, or revascularization procedure, is return to the community and resumption of normal health and functioning. This process has a number of components. They include making sure that there is adequate social support, that patients understand what medications to take, that patients understand what activities to begin and when, that appropriate disease management programs have been engaged, and that patients have appointments or a least a well-explained path to reestablishing care with their family doctor, internist, or cardiologist. Another component is helping patients who have become debilitated to various degrees because of their illnesses regain sufficient strength and well-being to function as well as possible. Cardiovascular rehabilitation is a critical part of this process.