Background Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death in women. Despite
the well-known benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, it remains underutilized, especially among …

Background Previous approaches to understanding participation in cardiac rehabilitation
programs based on middle-aged men may not be useful to explain the participation of …

Purpose: Despite the known benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), it remains underutilized
particularly among women. The aim of this review was to provide an overview regarding …

The prognostic benefit of cardiac rehabilitation, even in the contemporary era of advances in
treatment for cardiovascular disease, is well-established. 1, 2 Indeed, we might argue that …

Background Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation has a class 1A recommendation in
coronary artery disease and heart failure based on its beneficial effects on mortality …

Women-focused cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR; phase II) aims to better engage women,
and might result in better quality of life than traditional programs. This first clinical practice …

Cardiac rehabilitation provides comprehensive secondary prevention services and improves
outcomes among patients with coronary heart disease, systolic heart failure, and other …

Background Women do not participate in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) to the same degree as
men; women-focused CR may address this. This systematic review investigated the:(1) …

Purpose. Current cardiac rehabilitation (CR) evidence was systematically evaluated to
identify program components that may yield improvements in physiological and …

PURPOSE Less than 50% of persons who participate in cardiac rehabilitation (CR)
programs maintain an exercise regimen for as long as 6 months after completion. This study …