Utilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Survivors

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is associated with decreased mortality and rehospitalization rates for patients with a variety of cardiac conditions. Although CR referral rates for STEMI patients have improved, rates for heart failure have remained low. Many of these patients are admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). However, it is unknown how often CICU survivors qualify for cardiac rehabilitation, how often they are referred, and why...