Cardiac rehabilitation and its essential role in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Figure 1 Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation and its core components. Programs of cardiac rehabilitation support patients in goals of increasing levels of physical activity, healthy nutrition, optimal adherence to medication, body weight regulation, smoking cessation, and optimal psychosocial well-being, thereby helping them to reduce the risk of recurrent cardiovascular event.

Figure 2 Strategies to improve participation in cardiac rehabilitation. The scheme shows efficient strategies for better participation in cardiac rehabilitation. There are three steps for implementation of these—referral, enrolment, and adherence. CR: Cardiac rehabilitation.

Figure 3 Scheme of telerehabilitation (remotely monitored training). The diagram describes remotely monitored exercise training and its potential use within the cardiac rehabilitation home-based program framework.