Adherence
Structured cardiac prevention and rehabilitation programs significantly reduce all-cause and cardiac mortality in coronary patients compared to standard care.
If you have coronary disease, ask your doctor for a referral to a structured cardiac rehabilitation program. These programs combine exercise, diet, and smoking cessation advice, and are proven to save lives compared to standard care alone. Do not wait for symptoms to worsen; access is a key part of secondary prevention.
Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials show that structured, compared with standard, care is associated with a reduction in all-cause and cardiac mortality.
Why this rating
Based on meta-analyses of RCTs cited in the paper, indicating high-quality evidence.
Source
EUROASPIRE IV: A European Society of Cardiology survey on the lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic management of coronary patients from 24 European countries
Kornelia Kotseva et al. · European Journal of Preventive Cardiology · 2015
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