BACKGROUND Acute coronary syndrome is one of the major cardiovascular diseases that leads to a significant amount of morbidity. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life in patients with acute coronary syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a clinical trial study conducted on 50 patients with acute coronary syndrome admitted ...

Cardiac rehabilitation programs are safe and effective in improving the functional activities of patients with cardiac disease, but they may be hazardous to those patients whose life might be in jeopardy if subjected to exercise. It is clear that not all cardiac patients require supervised rehabilitation programs to return to normal pre-cardiac-event activities. Many patients who have suffered ...

abstract introduction: prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (cvd) is 19.4% in iran and diabetes mellitus is an important cvd risk factor in this country. non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type ii dm) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to atherosclerosis. with cardiac rehabilitation (cr) we can modify cvd risk factors such as type ii dm and play an important role in...

The article “Analysis of steps adapted protocol for cardiac rehabilitation during hospitalization”[1] aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of a cardiac rehabilitation program carried out by the physiotherapist during hospitalization in respect to post-operative complications, mortality and length of hospital stay. It stresses that there is a lack of cardiac rehabilitation protocols and is supp...

BACKGROUND Heart disease disproportionately affects Native Hawaiians and other Pacific people. In response, researchers proposed and communities endorsed, developing a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program based on the hula, a Native Hawaiian dance form. The utilization of cultural practices in health interventions can improve outcomes and increase enrollment and retention, but requires sensitivi...