The Beneficial Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation

Overview

Journal Cardiol Ther

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2020 Jan 31

PMID 31997145

Citations 31

Authors

Barbara Bellmann

Tina Lin

Kathrin Greissinger

Laura Rottner

Andreas Rillig

Sabine Zimmerling

Affiliations

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Abstract

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a combined range of measures aimed at providing patients with cardiovascular disease with the optimum psychological and physical conditions so that they themselves can prevent their disease from progressing or potentially reversing its course. The following measures are the three main parts of CR: exercise training, lifestyle modification, and psychological intervention. The course of cardiac rehabilitation generally takes 3-4 weeks.

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