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Cardiac Rehabilitation and Endurance Exercise Improves Heart Health Behaviors and Health Status: Do Patients Adhere?

Lydia Albuquerque*, Daria Napierkowski and Thomas Greey

Department of Nursing, College of Science and Health, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, USA

Corresponding Author

Received Date: November 27, 2019;  Published Date: December 09, 2019

Abstract

World health organization has recognized Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as a standard of care for prevention of cardiovascular disease such as cardiovascular mortality, cardiac death, stroke and non-fatal myocardial infarction. CR includes supervised training and self-care management recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology. Endurance type of exercise helps in improving the peak aerobic capacity (Peak VO2).

Keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation; Heart health behaviors; Health status; Adherence; Endurance

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