Phase III is maintenance of Phase II cardiac rehab within an exercise group. Sessions include a 5 to 10-minute warmup, 20 to 45 minutes of conditioning and a 5 to 10-minute cool down.

Decades ago, it was assumed that age and poor heredity were the causes of heart disease. In other words, lifestyle was not on the radar screen. However, after World War II, the incidence of heart ...

Getting patients physically active as early as 2 weeks after a sternotomy for CABG or valve surgery appears to be just as safe and effective as waiting the standard month and a half, according to ...

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) started 2 weeks after sternotomy for a cardiac procedure was noninferior to usual care, in which CR starts 6 weeks after the procedure, with a greater improvement in ...

New research shows that exercise-based cardiac rehab offers real benefits for people with atrial fibrillation, reducing the risk of recurrence and improving mental well-being, highlighting the need ...

As February rolls on, we continue our mission to educate you during American Heart Month. Last week, we talked about heart attack symptoms. So this week, PRMC joins us to talk about getting your heart ...

Objective To undertake a contemporary review of the impact of exercise based cardiac rehabilitation (ExCR) for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Data sources CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, ...

For frail, elderly patients with decompensated heart failure (HF), a hospital stay can mean further impairment and worsened quality of life. But data from the randomized REHAB-HF trial provide a ray ...

“In older cardiovascular disease patients in phase I cardiac rehabilitation, sedentary behavior time might influence physical outcomes and activities of daily living at discharge,” the authors wrote. ...