What is it about?
The definition of ‘cardiac rehabilitation’ encompasses both risk reduction, achieved through lifestyle modification and the use of disease-modifying drugs, and a structured programme of physical exercise. Exercise-based CR has proved effective in reducing total and cardiovascular mortality, hospital admissions, and improving health-related quality of life.
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Why is it important?
Knowledge of the bottlenecks (systematic referral of patients to cardiac rehab, patient education, facilities for cardiac rehab) determinat to overcome them.
Perspectives
Always rfer your pts to cardiac rehab, continuous education on it, and abolish every obstacle to a true nonpharmacological treatment.
MICHELE EMDIN
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
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This page is a summary of: The bottleneck of cardiac rehabilitation for patients with coronary artery disease: How to overcome, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, July 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2047487318785001.
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