Hospital-based phase III cardiac rehabilitation program improves low density lipoprotein, triglyceride, and fasting blood glucose levels in coronary artery disease patients
Abstract:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is reported as effective program to improve coronary risk factors and increase exercise tolerance in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) after cardiac events. Normally, the CR program is performed in 3 phases i.e. acute (phase I), subacute (phase II), and chronic (phase III). In Indonesia, the most CR programs were conducted using phase I and some phase II, whereas phase III CR program has not often been performed due to it is not covered by national health insurance. The ai… Show more
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