Differential prognostic impact between completion and non-completion of a 5-month cardiac rehabilitation program in outpatients with cardiovascular diseases

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an essential component of care for patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We aimed to evaluate clinical outcomes in outpatients with CVD who did and did not complete a 5-month CR program.Three hundred thirty-two outpatients with CVD who participated in a 5-month CR program and were followed-up for maximum 5 years were registered. We divided the patients into two groups: those who completed the CR program...