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STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER

Current Status of Cardiac Rehabilitation

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Manuscript received December 6, 2007; revised manuscript received January 11, 2008, accepted January 21, 2008.

^_* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Nanette K. Wenger, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. (Email: nwenger{at}emory.edu).

Cardiac rehabilitation is increasingly recognized as an integral component of the continuum of care for patients with cardiovascular disease. Its application is a class I recommendation in most contemporary cardiovascular clinical practice guidelines. Despite the documentation of substantial morbidity and mortality benefits, cardiac rehabilitation services are vastly underutilized. The core components of cardiac rehabilitation have been detailedly delineated. Implementation of newly available performance measures offers the potential to enhance referral to, enrollment in, and completion of cardiac rehabilitation.

Abbreviations and Acronyms   CABG = coronary artery bypass graft   CHD = coronary heart disease   HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol   LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol   MI = myocardial infarction   PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention