An overview of Cardiac Rehabilitation

Chia Tee Hien; Raymond Wong

The Singapore Family Physician

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An overview of Cardiac Rehabilitation

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Author(s):

Chia Tee Hien
Raymond Wong

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The Singapore Family Physician Vol 36 No 2 - Vaccinations 2010 - What’s Old, What’s New

Page(s):

46 - 51

Publication date:

1 April 2010

ISSN:

0377-5305

Abstract

There is an increasing need worldwide for cardiac rehabilitation (cR) in view of the ageing population and its attendant increased prevalence in chronic cardiovascular diseases (cVD). This paper presents an overview of the current evidence, cost effectiveness, aims, patient selection, core components and other relevant issues like multidisciplinary team approach, safety, role of cR in special patient groups as well as strategies to overcome the current challenge of suboptimal uptake of the program.