Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India

Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India

Post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation reduces major adverse cardiac events and improves long-term survival but is nonexistent in India. This case series shows that cardiac rehabilitation improves health-related behaviour, health-related quality of life and functional capacity in heart transplant re...

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Veröffentlicht in:IHJ cardiovascular case reports 2022-01, Vol.6 (1), p.21-23
Hauptverfasser: Chockalingam, Priya, Natarajan, Vaishnav, Sekar, Tharani, Sureshrao, K.G., Balakrishnan, K.R.
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Sprache:eng
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Cardiac rehabilitation
Functional capacity
Health-related quality of life
Heart transplantation
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Zusammenfassung:Post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation reduces major adverse cardiac events and improves long-term survival but is nonexistent in India. This case series shows that cardiac rehabilitation improves health-related behaviour, health-related quality of life and functional capacity in heart transplant recipients and could potentially be considered in the routine management of this growing population in India.
ISSN:2468-600X
2468-600X
DOI:10.1016/j.ihjccr.2021.12.011