Increasing awareness of the importance of cardiovascular prevention is not yet matched by
the resources and actions within health care systems. Recent publication of the European …

The purpose of this statement is to provide specific recommendations in regard to evaluation
and intervention in each of the core components of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) to assist CR …

Cardiac patients after an acute event and/or with chronic heart disease deserve special
attention to restore their quality of life and to maintain or improve functional capacity. They …

Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized
as the most cost-effective intervention to ensure favourable outcomes across a wide …

Despite major improvements in diagnostics and interventional therapies, cardiovascular
diseases remain a major health care and socio-economic burden both in western and …

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is the sum of interventions required to ensure the best physical,
psychological and social conditions so that patients with cardiac disease may assume their …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the main cause of death for men in most European
countries, and in all for women. While mortality rates have been declining in most countries …

Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes support patients to achieve
professionally recommended cardiovascular prevention targets and thus good clinical status …

Cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of mortality worldwide. They are
frequently the reasons for patient hospitalization, their incapability for work, and disability …

Burgeoning research in the field of preventive cardiology over the past 20 years has fostered
the evolution of cardiac rehabilitation programs, once limited to exercise training, into …