Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation

In the network of cardiologists within the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology there is a strongview that the time indeed is right to publish definitively on the methods involved in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. We are facing a transition from conventional cardiac rehabilitation to a phase of combined preventiveand rehabilitative efforts, as witnessed in the recent Joint Task Force Guidelines on Preventive Cardiology. For this revision of our clinical routines we lack a practical textbook, based upon the conditions and resources of Europeanhealth care. This textbook is designed to fill that gap. First textbook to take a seamless approach to cardiac prevention and rehabilitation. Concentrates on international perspective while providing practical structure for the management of patients INDICE: Section I: Introduction. Section II: Exercise Testing in Heart Disease. Section III: Exercise Training in Heart Disease. Section IV: Nutrition. Section V: Tobacco Addiction.-Section VI: Psychological and Behavioural Support. Section VII: Social and Caring Support. Section VIII: Adapted Programs for Special Groups. Section IX: Pharmacotherapy, Organization, Evaluation.

• ISBN: 978-1-84628-993-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 519
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés