Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Severity and Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization Following Myocardial Infarction.

Participation in cardiac rehabilitation was low regardless of post-traumatic stress disorder severity.

Although it is encouraging that higher post-traumatic stress disorder severity is not a barrier to cardiac rehabilitation participation, increasing engagement of veterans in cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction/revascularization will be important for reducing their risk of recurrent events and mortality.