Background Meta-analyses of cardiac rehabilitation trials up to 2010 showed a significant
reduction in all-cause mortality but many of these trials were conducted before the modern …

Background It is unclear how much of the reduction in cardiac mortality in coronary heart
disease (CHD) patients with exercise training is the result of direct effects on the heart and …

Background Despite numerous studies and meta-analyses the prognostic effect of cardiac
rehabilitation is still under debate. This update of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcome Study …

Cardiac rehabilitation that includes either exercise training alone or exercise training in
addition to psychosocial, risk factor management and/or educational interventions is …

PURPOSE: To review the effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients
with coronary heart disease. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Randomized clinical trials of cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction have
typically demonstrated a lower mortality in treated patients, but with a statistically significant …

Objective: To determine whether multidisciplinary disease management programmes for
patients with coronary heart disease improve processes of care and reduce morbidity and …

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 …

Background The prognostic effect of early, comprehensive short-term cardiac rehabilitation
on top of current, guideline-adjusted treatment of acute myocardial infarction has not …

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