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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Main Authors: Priya Chockalingam, Vaishnav Natarajan, Tharani Sekar, K.G. Sureshrao, K.R. Balakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X21000657
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Summary: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