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Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs: 2024 Update: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Circulation

In addition, the advent of new care models, including virtual and remote delivery of cardiac rehabilitation services, has expanded the ways that cardiac rehabilitation programs can reach patients. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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Impact of cardiac rehabilitation on pre- and post-operative transcatheter aortic valve replacement prognoses

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Indeed, among high-risk patients, TAVR outcomes are comparable to, or even better, than that of the traditional surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) method. TAVR outcomes, with respect to post-surgical functional capacity and quality of life, have also been found to be improved, especially when combined with cardiac rehabilitation (CR).

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Cochrane corner: centre versus telemedicine approaches to cardiac rehabilitation

Heart BMJ

Introduction Centre-based cardiac rehabilitation (CBCR) is typically offered to individuals post cardiac event or diagnosis to support recovery and reduce risk of future cardiovascular events. In 2017, a Cochrane review reported HBCR and CBCR to be equally effective in improving health outcomes.

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Intensive Versus Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation: Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in a 2016–2020 Retrospective Medicare Cohort

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. Background:Traditional cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves cardiovascular outcomes and reduces mortality, but less is known about the relative benefit of intensive CR (ICR) which incorporates greater lifestyle education through 72 sessions (versus 36 in CR).

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Cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure and atrial fibrillation: a propensity- matched study

Open Heart

However, there is no existing data on the effectiveness of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in individuals with coexisting HF and AF. There were no significant differences between groups for any of these outcome measures. Evidence supported the effect of exercise training in individuals with HF.

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Relationship Between Community-Level Distress and Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation, Facility Access, and Clinical Outcomes After Inpatient Coronary Revascularization

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e010148, November 1, 2023. BACKGROUND:Although disparities in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation are well documented, the role of community-level distress is poorly understood.

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Exercise?based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with heart failure – 2023 Cochrane systematic review and meta?analysis

European Journal of Heart Failure

This 2023 Cochrane review of 60 randomized trials in 8728 heart failure patients, confirms the benefits of participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (ExCR), including reduced risk of hospitalization and a clinically meaningful improvement in health-related quality of life. 1.01, MLWHF: −9.59, 95% CI −17.48 to −1.50).