Rehabilitation After Cardiovascular Diseases

Abstract

Cardiac rehabilitation (C.R.) should be part of routine management of all patients diagnosed to be suffering from a cardiovascular disorder. The WHO recognizes and endorses this. Cardiac rehab does not necessarily involve setting up of a sophisticated physical facility with expensive equipment. It is quite possible to diagnose, prognosticate, give a risk stratification, carry out a physical reconditioning program, educate patients and their families about the ailment, and, in short help rehabilitate the patient back into their environment with very little equipment or expense. What is sad is that while the developing countries and their population need such programs the most, these programs are most lacking in these very countries. Let no healthcare system in any country ofthe world enter the twenty first century without cardiac rehabilitation as part of routine management of all patients sufferingfrom any cardiovascular ailment.