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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author Priya Chockalingam
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Tharani Sekar
K.G. Sureshrao
K.R. Balakrishnan
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-11ce6dd2bc964efdaf277f94e317f68c2022-12-21T21:23:32ZengElsevierIHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports2468-600X2022-01-01612123Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in IndiaPriya Chockalingam0Vaishnav Natarajan1Tharani Sekar2K.G. Sureshrao3K.R. Balakrishnan4Cardiac Wellness Institute, Chennai, India; Corresponding author. Priya Chockalingam, Cardiac Wellness Institute, No.21, 5th Avenue, Besant Nagar, Chennai, 600090, India.Cardiac Wellness Institute, Chennai, IndiaCardiac Wellness Institute, Chennai, IndiaDepartment of Heart and Lung Transplantation, MGM Hospital, Chennai, IndiaDepartment of Heart and Lung Transplantation, MGM Hospital, Chennai, IndiaPost-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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X21000657Heart transplantationCardiac rehabilitationHealth-related quality of lifeFunctional capacity
spellingShingle Priya Chockalingam
Vaishnav Natarajan
Tharani Sekar
K.G. Sureshrao
K.R. Balakrishnan
Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
Heart transplantation
Cardiac rehabilitation
Health-related quality of life
Functional capacity
title Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India
title_full Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India
title_fullStr Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India
title_full_unstemmed Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India
title_short Setting the ball rolling on post-transplant cardiac rehabilitation in India
title_sort setting the ball rolling on post transplant cardiac rehabilitation in india
topic Heart transplantation
Cardiac rehabilitation
Health-related quality of life
Functional capacity
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X21000657
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