Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) gain clinical benefit from exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation without experiencing a rise in serious adverse events, according to a contemporary look at the ...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation lessens the severity, frequency, and recurrence of the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, or AF for short, finds a pooled data ...

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Cardiac Rehabilitation R.N. Paula Burket helps Joyce Bassler of Roaring Spring with the settings on a NuStep seated stepper. Editor’s note: John Kasun, who writes a ...

Pictured is LMH Health’s cardiac rehab team: from left, nurses Leann Dickson, Leann Towner and Kelly Kallenberger, exercise physiologist Vic White, nurses Vickie Friel and Liz Walters, exercise ...

A major component is exercise training. Physical activity is not only safe in heart failure but has direct benefits for symptoms and outcomes. In one major trial, exercise training reduced the risk of ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Heart health means finding habits that you want to do consistently, but getting started can be intimidating, especially for patients recovering from their own heart scares.

Decades ago, it was assumed that age and poor heredity were the causes of heart disease. In other words, lifestyle was not on the radar screen. However, after World War II, the incidence of heart ...

Cardiac rehabilitation is a key part of recovery from a heart attack, helping to prevent another, perhaps more severe one. About 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year, ...

Nurse scientist Linda Park, PhD, uses NIH funding to study cardiac rehab and digital tools—like pedometers and apps—to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A hybrid cardiac rehab model combining in-person sessions with phone and text support was as effective as fully ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for US men and women, but a powerful tool available to help treat and reverse the trajectory of cardiovascular disease remains significantly underutilized ...