Supervised Exercise Therapy for Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease Among Medicare Beneficiaries Between 2017 and 2018: Participation Rates and Outcomes

Sanjay Divakaran¹, Brett J Carroll^{2

3

4}, Siyan Chen^{2

4}, Changyu Shen^{2

4}, Marc P Bonaca^{5

6}, Eric A Secemsky^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (S.D.).
² Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology (B.J.C., S.C., C.S., E.A.S.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
³ Division of Cardiology (B.J.C., E.A.S.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.D., B.J.C., C.S., E.A.S.).
⁵ CPC Clinical Research, Aurora, CO (M.P.B.).
⁶ Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (M.P.B.).

Sanjay Divakaran et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;14(8):e007953.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.007953. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

Sanjay Divakaran¹, Brett J Carroll^{2

3

4}, Siyan Chen^{2

4}, Changyu Shen^{2

4}, Marc P Bonaca^{5

6}, Eric A Secemsky^{2

3

4}

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (S.D.).
² Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology (B.J.C., S.C., C.S., E.A.S.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
³ Division of Cardiology (B.J.C., E.A.S.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.D., B.J.C., C.S., E.A.S.).
⁵ CPC Clinical Research, Aurora, CO (M.P.B.).
⁶ Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (M.P.B.).

No abstract available

Keywords: exercise therapy; intermittent claudication; peripheral arterial disease.

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