Hütt CE, Salas SJ

Language: Spanish
References: 17
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ABSTRACT

Cardiac rehabilitation has become a therapeutic tool in modern cardiology; and although it was introduced so early and with sufficient evidence, it hasn’t been widely used by the medical community. The first goal of cardiac rehabilitation was to help patients reacquire autonomy and improve regular physical activity, but recently these programs consist of more components and clinical studies show a positive impact on mortality. Currently, cardiac rehabilitation programs are multidisciplinary and consist of three phases which include early progressive mobilization of the stable cardiac patient, postoperative care, optimization of medical therapy, the development of a physical activity program, counseling on healthy lifestyles and management of comorbidities, among others. The general practitioner, like the primary care physician must implement these secondary prevention measures since evidence of the benefits obtained with each of these phases is clear.

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