This book is a comprehensive guide to vascular rehabilitation for cardiovascular medicine specialists and physiotherapists. Beginning with an overview of the anatomy of blood vessels, biomechanics of circulation, and epidemiology, the following sections cover the medical and surgical management of different vascular diseases. Each vascular disorder is described in detail, from definition, aetiology, types and pathogenesis, to clinical features, investigations, and management. The second half of the book discusses physiotherapy management of vascular disorders, explaining assessment, special tests, and outcome measures. Key points Comprehensive guide to vascular rehabilitation Covers medical and surgical management of different vascular disorders Includes sections dedicated to physiotherapy management Features clinical photographs, diagrams and tables

This guide is directed at the multi-disciplinary team dealing with cardiac rehabilitation. It is a practical handbook for everyday professionals on what they should do following cardiac events and return to work. It is adapted to the needs of cardiac rehabilitation centers. · Key publication from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) · Companion handbook to The ESC Handbook of Preventive Cardiology: Putting Prevention into Practice This handbook is directed at cardiologists in training and practice, specialist (cardiac) nurses, technicians, exercise physiologists and other healthcare professionals involved in the multidisciplinary process of cardiac rehabilitation · Practical user-friendly handbook style presentation · Covers the complete spectrum of rehabilitation care · Key team members address key issues - smoking, diet and physical activity · Focus on high risk patients (family approach)

This edition addresses the cost effectiveness of interventions that educate and motivate patients to assume personal responsibility for long-term disease prevention.

Abstract: A reference text prepared by medical authorities in their respective fields, for physicians caring for carciovascular disease (CVD) patients, focuses on a wide variety of practical aspects concerning cardiovascular diseases and the use of therapeutic nutritional and exercise modalities. The material was a gleaned from experiences with over 700 referred patients, 2000 exercise stress tests, over 30,000 hours of exercise therapy, and from existing medical psychological, and nutritional management approaches. The 15 chapters of the text include exercise principles in CVD rehabilitation; patient responses to exercise testing and therapy; psychological aspects and disorders of CVD and their treatment; nutritional management in CVD rehabilitation; surgical treatment; risk evaluation; health care costs; blood pressure and pulse responses to exercise; data summaries from a 274-patient study; and the rationale of dietary management in a comprehensive CVD program. A detailed summary of the text is appended. Numerous tabular data and illustrations are presented throughout the text. (wz).

"EACPR, European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation -- European Society of Cardiology."

AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Resource Manual is the companion text to Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs. It complements and expands on the guidelines book by providing additional background material on key topics, and it presents new material concerning cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention. AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Resource Manual combines reference-based data with practical information from the field. It applies current position statements, recommendations, and scientific knowledge from medical and scientific literature to aid in designing and developing safe, effective, and comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programs. Useful for practitioners as well as students and instructors who are learning and teaching key concepts, AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Resource Manual provides strong background support to topics addressed in the guidelines, such as risk factors for coronary heart disease, secondary prevention, psychosocial issues, and patients with special considerations. In addition, each chapter opens with a cross-reference box so that readers know where to reference the topic in the guidelines book. In addition to supporting information for the guidelines, the manual contains new information to help round out cardio programs. Topics include the atherosclerotic disease process, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, exercise prescription, and the electrocardiogram. AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Resource Manual is divided into three parts. Part I examines the development and prevention of coronary artery disease, including reduction of risk factors, psychosocial issues and strategies, and contemporary procedures for revascularization. Part II delineates the role of exercise in heart disease, including the exercise and coronary artery disease connection, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, and exercise prescription. Part III focuses on special considerations, including heart disease as it relates to women and to the elderly and considerations for people with diabetes, chronic heart failure, and heart transplants. AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Resource Manual contains pertinent, detailed information on the topics involved in contemporary cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease. Teamed with Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs, the book provides professionals and students with the full range of guidelines and background materials needed for teaching and understanding the key issues in cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention.