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Current Status of Cardiac Rehabilitation

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Cardiac rehabilitation is increasingly recognized as an integral component of the continuum of care for patients with cardiovascular disease. Its application is a class I recommendation in most contemporary cardiovascular clinical practice guidelines. Despite the documentation of substantial morbidity and mortality benefits, cardiac rehabilitation services are vastly underutilized. The core components of cardiac rehabilitation have been detailedly delineated. Implementation of newly available performance measures offers the potential to enhance referral to, enrollment in, and completion of cardiac rehabilitation.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
CHD
coronary heart disease
HDL-C
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
LDL-C
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
MI
myocardial infarction
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention

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