Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most-prevalent noncommunicable disease and leading
cause of death globally. Over 80% of deaths from CVD occur in low-income and middle …

The present review synthesizes evidence and discusses issues related to health care quality
and equity for women, including minority population subgroups. The principle of “sameness” …

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 …

Background Methodological guidelines for intervention reporting emphasise describing
intervention content in detail. Despite this, systematic reviews of quality improvement (QI) …

Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces mortality in women and men with coronary
artery disease (CAD). The objective of this study was to examine sex differences in long …

Background Despite clinical practice guideline recommendations that cardiovascular
disease patients participate, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs are highly unavailable …

Background Despite proven clinical benefits, only a minority of patients complete outpatient
cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The main purpose of this …

Introduction Growth of the older adult demographic has resulted in an increased number of
older patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in combination with comorbid diseases …

Background Despite the compelling evidence of the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR)
on risk factor modification, quality of life and mortality reduction, a significant proportion of …

Despite media images to the contrary, cardiopulmonary resuscitation in emergency
departments is often unsuccessful. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to explore …