What are the recommendations for cardiac rehabilitation?
Class I recommendations for cardiac rehabilitation include referring all eligible patients with ACS or whose status is immediately post coronary artery bypass surgery or post-PCI to a comprehensive outpatient cardiovascular rehabilitation program either prior to hospital discharge or during the first follow-up office visit. Additionally, all eligible outpatients with the diagnosis of ACS, coronary artery bypass surgery or PCI, chronic angina, and/or peripheral artery disease within the past year should be referred to a comprehensive outpatient cardiovascular rehabilitation program. A home-based cardiac rehabilitation program can be substituted for a supervised, center-based program for low-risk patients.