Referral and participation in cardiac rehabilitation of patients following acute coronary syndrome; lessons learned

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has shown to reduce mortality, readmissions, and improve quality of life. CR is recommended by international guidelines but previous studies have shown low participation rates. Systematic CR referral might improve CR participation.The present study evaluates CR referral and CR participation of patients hospitalized for ACS in 2017 and treated according to local...