Supervised programs help patients recover and prevent future heart problems.

Cardiac rehabilitation is more than post-surgery exercise. A structured, medically supervised programme can reduce repeat ...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation lessens the severity, frequency, and recurrence of the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, or AF for short, finds a pooled data ...

Researchers have found that patients who have completed cardiac rehabilitation and who receive telephone counseling that supports exercise are more likely to adhere to an exercise program. Researchers ...

Exercise physiologist Courtney Conners checks Mario Oikonomides’ vital signs before his cardiac rehab workout. (Francis Ying/KHN) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Mario Oikonomides credits a massive heart ...

The Mankato area resident, in his 70s, said he frequently uses VINE’s new cardio studio, which opened up in July as part of the facility’s recent renovation. “To have that ability to do it in one ...

Cardiac rehab saves lives after a heart attack, heart failure, angioplasty, or heart surgery. Rehabilitation typically consists of three key components: exercise counseling and training, education for ...

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 ...

(Reuters Health) - Patients who have had a heart attack, stent placement or bypass surgery should strongly consider enrolling in a cardiac rehabilitation program, say the authors of a new patient ...

From left, respiratory therapists Andrea Greynolds and Matthew Roush, James Morgan, recovering open heart surgery patient and phase 2 cardiac rehab participant, and Kaitlyn Miller, exercise ...

February is Heart Month, and Valley Health Wellness and Fitness Center (VHWFC), a medically-integrated fitness facility, will put heart health front and center this Wednesday with a special event gear ...

This post was co-authored with Dr. Gabriela Ghisi. One of the cornerstones to managing chronic disease is exercise, due to its myriad benefits. The general recommendations are to accrue 150 minutes a ...