Cardiac Rehabilitation Week 2020: Top news on barriers to access, participation
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February 9 to 15, 2020 is Cardiac Rehabilitation Week. In recognition, Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated a list of the top news articles in cardiac rehabilitation. Readers were interested in Medicare beneficiary participation in cardiac rehabilitation as well as the impacts of referral rates, poverty, distance, anxiety and depression on overall participation.
Few Medicare beneficiaries eligible for cardiac rehabilitation participate
Only one-fourth of Medicare beneficiaries eligible for cardiac rehabilitation after a qualifying CV event underwent it, according to research published in Circulation. Read more
Poverty, not distance to facility, confers cardiac rehab attrition
Neighborhood poverty may be a major factor for early termination of cardiac rehabilitation in New York City, whereas distance to rehabilitation facility may not be, according to the findings presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Read more
Anxiety, depression may reduce adherence to cardiac rehabilitation
Cardiologists should take the mental health of their patients into consideration, as a recent study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that patients with anxiety, stress or depression who were participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program were more likely to drop out compared with those without the conditions. Read more
Cardiac rehab referral rates lacking after CICU discharge, especially for patients with HF
In a new study, nearly 63% of patients discharged from the cardiac ICU had an indication for cardiac rehabilitation, yet only 30% were referred upon discharge. Read more
Cardiac rehabilitation enrollment after surgery low despite benefits
Cardiac rehabilitation is linked to a decreased risk for 1-year cumulative hospitalization and mortality risk in Medicare beneficiaries after cardiac valve surgery, but fewer than half of these patients were enrolled in a program, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology. Read more
Cardiac rehab provides opportunity to improve outcomes after CV events
Cardiac rehabilitation may be moving from a uniform program to one that is more personalized to a person’s needs, according to findings presented at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention. Read more