Many of the papers describe multi-faceted interventions that include patient education as one component.

Cardiac Rehabilitation: Interventions. In: Joanna Briggs JBI+Connect. Updated September 2, 2014.

Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2008; 46 (2): 227-44
In this trial of 173 patients age ≥ 65 years and post CABG randomized to a multi-faceted intervention by a multidisciplinary team of professionals and which included education or usual care, the intervention group was more likely to engage in physical activity

Schadewaldt V, et al. Nurse-led clinics as an effective service for cardiac patients: results from a systematic review.  Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2011 Sep;9(3):199-214.
Review of seven randomized studies on nurse-led clinics, but the major intervention was patient education and behavior counseling.   Clinics were associated with limited effects on behaviors, such as smoking cessation and diet adherence.

PubMed search:  (“coronary artery disease” OR coronary artery bypass) AND (rehabilitation OR “secondary prevention”) AND patient education AND (behavior OR lifestyle OR satisfaction) AND (clinical trial OR randomized)
Other clinical trials on patient education interventions. To see quasi-experimental studies, change modify the search above replacing the terms for study type with these terms:  (comparative study OR before and after study OR pilot) or remove all terms for the study methodology from the search.

CINAHL search:  (cornoary artery disease OR corornary artery bypass) AND patient education AND (rehabilitation OR “secondary prevention”) AND (satisfaction OR lifestyle OR behavior)
Identified papers, such as Barnason S, et al. A comparison of patient teaching outcomes among postoperative coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. Prog Cardiovasc Nurs. 1995; 10(4): 11-20.
While this is an older study, it does reference a tool for measuring patient satisfaction that might be useful.

Reviewed by John Nemeth 4/14