Despite the proven efficacy and cost-effectiveness of contemporary cardiovascular
rehabilitation programmes, the referral to/uptake of and adherence to cardiovascular …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

In 2017, the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation published
its official document detailing standards and core components for cardiovascular prevention …

Cardiac rehabilitation is a comprehensive model of secondary prevention proven to reduce
mortality and morbidity. The World Health Organization is developing a Package of …