Long-term effect of rehabilitation in coronary artery disease patients: randomized clinical trial of the impact of exercise volume.

Objective: To assess whether exercise volume during phase II rehabilitation affects long-term clinical benefits in patients with coronary artery disease.

Design: Prospective randomized clinical trial with long-term follow-up.

Setting: Hospital outpatient clinic.

Reduction of cardiovascular event rate: different effects of cardiac rehabilitation in CABG and PCI patients.

Objective: In coronary artery disease, the implementation of a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme favourably affects cardiovascular prognosis. However, it remains uncertain whether patients benefit to a similar extent from CR after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In this study, we have assessed whether CR is equally effective for suppressing the two-year cardiovascular event incidence after CABG or PCI.