Mohammed A. Takroni, PhD Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Specialist, Department of Physiotherapy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.

Morag Thow, PhD Emeritus Lecturer, Division of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.

Brian Ellis, PhD Emeritus Lecturer, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.

Christopher Seenan, PhD Senior Lecturer, Division of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.

Clinical messages: An 8-week home-based cardiac rehabilitation program is as effective as an outpatient-based program for improving functional capacity, physiological and psychological well-being, and quality of life for patients with coronary heart disease after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Correspondence Mohammed A. Takroni, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 11211 ([email protected]).