The impact of a comprehensive pharmaceutical care intervention in addition to cardiac rehabilitation program on outcomes of post-acute coronary syndrome patients: A pilot study

The authors aimed to determine the efficacy of comprehensive pharmaceutical care intervention that included face-to-face education about the disease, healthy lifestyle, medication adherence, drug related problems management and goal setting which was added to cardiac rehabilitation program in improving echocardiographic parameters, nutritional status and High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in patients with acute coronary syndrome. In this study, out of a total of 40 patients, 20 patients were randomized to the control group and 20 patients were randomized to the intervention group. The following are key points to remember from this prospective study on the management of post ACS patients randomized to receive pharmaceutical care intervention: · In comparison to the control group, the intervention group demonstrated significant decrease in left ventricular end systolic volume and left ventricular end diastolic volume · Additionally, intervention group showed significant increase in nutritional status and also increased the patients’ knowledge about the disease and drugs · However, no significant changes were observed in HS-CRP levels between intervention and the control group · According to this study, CR regimens that integrated comprehensive pharmacological treatment dramatically improved cardiac metrics and nutritional health. The simplest way to explain this is through improving adherence to cardiovascular drugs and improving dosage and awareness of medications. · Implementing Comprehensive pharmaceutical care intervention added to CR programs could improve the cardiac function and nutritional status of post-acute coronary syndrome patients. Disclaimer: Lupin makes no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness of any scientific information shared by the HCP on the ­­­STAR UPDATE podcast. You should not allow the contents of this to substitute for your own medical judgment, which you should exercise in evaluating the information on this website.