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Exercise Training and Cardiac Rehabilitation for Women

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Coronary Disease in Women

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This chapter presents the role of physical activity in the risk reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The unique aspects of exercise training and exercise modalities as they pertain to women are discussed. Exercise interventions regarding prescription and progression are recommended and reviewed. Education, counseling, and behavioral issues about cardiac rehabilitation in women are also included. Sections regarding special populations, such as women with different cardiac diagnoses, focuses on myocardial infarction (MI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and heart transplants, as well as issues that involve elderly women. Finally, strategies to improve exercise compliance and cardiac rehabilitation recommendations for women follow.

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    Leslee J. Shaw PhD

  2. Division of Cardiology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Rita F. Redberg MD, FACC

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Chiu, E.Y.M., Regis, M.V.T., Froelicher, E.S. (2004). Exercise Training and Cardiac Rehabilitation for Women. In: Shaw, L.J., Redberg, R.F. (eds) Coronary Disease in Women. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-645-4_20

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