Review of Recent Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Related to Enrollment/Adherence, Mental Health, and Other Populations

This review overviews three topic areas observed to be highly active in the cardiac rehabilitation (CR) research literature published in 2019 and 2020. Topics summarized were enrollment or adherence in CR programs; mental health, particularly depression, stress, and anxiety of patients participating in CR programs; and patients participating in CR programs with diagnoses other than coronary artery bypass graft, myocardial infarction, or percutaneous coronary interventions.

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This review examines three highly active topic areas in cardiac rehabilitation research literature from 2019 and 2020. The topics include enrollment or adherence in CR programs, mental health of participants, and diagnoses of patients in CR programs beyond traditional ones like coronary artery bypass graft.