title: Rehabilitation of the cardiac patient. Program phases and rationale.
abstract: Management of cardiac patients has clearly changed, with increasing encouragement of early activity. The four-part rehabilitation program described here begins in the coronary care unit and continues well past discharge from hospital.
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005080:Exercise Test; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010809:Physical Fitness; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations