The Effect of a Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on 60-Day Hospital Readmissions After an Acute Myocardial Infarction

Long-term cardiovascular conditions: the role of primary care

“…2 Research from the US has found that in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty following myocardial infarction, 14% will be readmitted within 30 days of discharge. 10 This research also shows that cardiac rehabilitation significantly reduces the 60-day readmission rate (from 23% in the control group to only 6.7% in the group receiving cardiac rehabilitation). There is evidence that these findings could be replicated in the UK: Connecting for Health's Secondary Uses Services data, aligned with National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation data, are able to track a reduction in unplanned "Evidence shows that comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation not only improves quality of life, promotes supported self-management, and reduces total cardiac mortality by 26%, but is also highly cost-effective.…”

Cardiac rehabilitation: impact of graded exercise in the recovery period following myocardial infarction

“…66,67 The evidence also suggests that exercise-based CR leads to a reduction in reinfarction post myocardial infarction and in unplanned readmissions to hospital. [68][69][70] These findings indicate that exercise-based CR is a cost-effective intervention in the management of CVD. 52 A 2011 Cochrane review found that exercise-based CR for coronary heart disease effectively and significantly reduces medium-term to long-term (ie, $12 months) all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, and short-term (ie, ,12 months) hospital admissions.…”

Cardiorespiratory fitness, oxygen pulse and heart rate response following the MyAction programme

“…Secondary prevention, including blood pressure and cholesterol management and the prescription of cardioprotective medication also forms an integral part of an effective cardiac rehabilitation programme [10] . There is emerging evidence that cardiac rehabilitation is also associated with a reduction in morbidity, namely recurrent myocardial infarction, [9,10] and a 28-56% reduction in costly unplanned readmissions [11,12] . Cardiac rehabilitation improves functional capacity and perceived quality of life whilst also supporting early return to work and the development of self-management skills [13] .…”