Updated ACCF/AHA/AACVPR Performance Measures Aim to Increase Patient Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs, Improve Quality of Care following Cardiac Events
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Cardiac rehabilitation – an organized, medically supervised program of services that might include exercise training, nutritional counseling and group support, among others – can significantly improve the life expectancy and quality of life of people who have had a recent cardiac event, such as a heart attack, angioplasty or heart surgery. Yet, only one in five eligible patients actually receives this lifesaving and life-improving therapy.
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