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Cardiac rehabilitation is a professionally supervised program for people with many forms of heart disease. You may benefit if your medical history includes: Angioplasty and stents Cardiomyopa...

Phase 3 is designed to help you continue to maintain a healthier lifestyle through supervised exercise sessions and health education. Phase 3 is an extension of Phase 2 with the emphasis to further ac...

In this program, you'll work with a team of health care professionals who will guide you through each step of the process. The first stage generally lasts about three months, but some people may ...

As a long-term maintenance program, you'll generally need to continue the habits and follow the skills you learned for the rest of your life. After about three months, you likely will have developed y...

A medically supervised exercise and education program that helps patients who have a heart condition or are recovering from a heart event. By working with your health care providers, you can reduce th...

Breathing is an essential part of life. But for those with chronic lung diseases, breathing may become an ongoing concern. If you experience breathing problems from asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic...

The components of phase 2 of cardiac rehabilitation are: Core components  Baseline patient assessment Exercise training Nutritional counseling Physical activity counseling P...

Aortic valve disease is a condition where the valve between the main pumping chamber of your heart and the main artery to your body, the aorta, doesn't work properly. Aortic valve disease may be a con...

Heart rhythm problems, or heart arrhythmias, occur when the electrical impulses that coordinate your heartbeats don't work properly, causing your heart to beat too fast, too slow or irregularly. Hear...

Peripheral artery disease, also called peripheral arterial disease, is a common circulatory problem where narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to your limbs. When you develop peripheral artery disease...