MEdical TReatment Optimization in cardiac rehabilitation (METRO study) : a French multicenter study.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is the right place to optimize the medical treatment in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients.

Aims: To report the medical management in CAD patients during CR and evaluate the consequences.

Methods: CAD patients who attended a CR program within less than three months of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) were included in a prospective multicenter study.