As early as the 1920s, and subsequently in the 1959 Build and Blood Pressure Study (S1. 5-
1) of almost 5 million adults insured between 1934 and 1954, a strong direct relationship …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Background—Heart failure (HF) is an important contributor to both the burden and cost of
national healthcare expenditures, with more older Americans hospitalized for HF than for …

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based intervention that uses patient education,
health behavior modification, and exercise training to improve secondary prevention …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted as the document was compiled through …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in American women. Since 1984,
the annual cardiovascular disease mortality rate has remained greater for women than men; …

In 2016, the Task Force convened the writing committee to begin the process of revising the
existing performance measures set for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) that was released in …

Patient health status includes 3 components: symptom burden, functional status, and health-
related quality of life (HRQL; Figure). 7 Symptom burden includes the types and frequency of …

Introduction Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) significantly reduces secondary cardiovascular
events and mortality and is a class 1A recommendation by the American Heart Association …