ALLMedicine™ Cardiac Rehabilitation Center

Mar 18th, 2023 - We hypothesize that a novel tailor-made cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program for obesity patients (OPTICARE XL) has better outcomes as compared to usual CR regarding parameters of cardiac function as measured by conventional and advanced transthora...

Mar 16th, 2023 - There is marked geographic variation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) initiation, ranging from 10% to 40% of eligible patients at the state level. The potential causes of this variation, such as patient access to CR centers, are not well studied. Th...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Underutilization: The Need for Innovative Delivery.|2023|Brown TM,|

Mar 14th, 2023 - The objective of this study was to quantify secondary prevention care by creating a secondary prevention benchmark (2PBM) score for patients undergoing ambulatory cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In this observation...

Mar 13th, 2023 - Cardiac rehabilitation: One size does not fit all.|2023|Lalande K,Bouchard K,Tulloch H,|

Jun 20th, 2020 - Cardiac rehabilitation programs across Canada have suspended in-person services as a result of large-scale physical distancing recommendations designed to flatten the COVID-19 pandemic curve. Virtual cardiac rehabilitation (VCR) offers an alternat...

Nov 26th, 2019 - Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a recommendation in international clinical practice guidelines given its benefits; however, use is suboptimal. The purpose of this position statement was to translate evidence on interventions that increase CR enroll...

Jun 7th, 2019 - Cardiac rehabilitation physicians are faced to an increasing number of heart failure patients supported by left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). Many of these patients have complex medical issues and prolonged hospitalizations and therefore need...

May 18th, 2019 - Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based intervention that uses patient education, health behavior modification, and exercise training to improve secondary prevention outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease. CR programs reduce mor...

Apr 9th, 2019 - Cardiovascular disease is a competing cause of death in patients with cancer with early-stage disease. This elevated cardiovascular disease risk is thought to derive from both the direct effects of cancer therapies and the accumulation of risk fac...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Cardiac surgeries are often associated with some post-operative cardiopulmonary complications most often cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary atelectasis, and hospital induced pneumonia and reduced inspiratory capacities which can be reduced by exercise...

Mar 10th, 2023 - BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK is behind 1 in 4 deaths/year (>150,000 people), with coronary heart disease (CHD) being the most common type [1]. In addition to the loss of life, the economic cost of CVD is considerable; in 2015 ...

Mar 10th, 2023 - This prospective, randomized study aims to recruit 46 adults with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder, who are classified as intermediate or high 10-year risk for a cardiovascular event, into a multi-component cardiac reha...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Current guidelines recommend ICD implantation in patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death with either ischemic or non-ischemic heart disease. However, implantation rate of cardiac implantable electrical devices (CIED), especially ICD, CRT and...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Background Stroke represents one of the major health problems worldwide, particularly in transitional and industrialized countries. Stroke ranks first as cause of handicap in adults, second as cause of dementia, third as cause of death and is a fr...

Feb 14th, 2023 - FDA warns consumers that Alfia Weight Loss Capsules contain sibutramine, a controlled substance known to pose cardiac risks to certain people. Taking LDL cholesterol all the way down to <20 mg/dL was associated with reduced cardiovascular events a...

Dec 9th, 2022 - Yoga provided extra blood pressure (BP) lowering and other benefits when added to a regular exercise routine, a small pilot trial showed. At one exercise rehabilitation center, hypertensive patients who were randomized to an additional 15 minutes ...

Oct 5th, 2022 - In my previous article in June, 2022, we plowed through the billing and coding updates regarding critical care services, and, I hope that it helped our readers get more acquainted with the nuances of billing and coding in the ICU. In this piece, I.

Sep 9th, 2022 - Bullying Rife in Medical Academia Bullying remains an underreported problem in academic medicine, with little data on its prevalence. The true extent of bullying in medical school remains unknown, but one study found that 4 in 10 young doctors and...

Sep 8th, 2022 - The first practice guideline from the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation that focuses on women provides strategies to increase referrals and boost participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) among women with car...