title: Returning coronary heart disease patients to work: a modified perspective.
abstract: A very large number of Americans die from Coronary heart disease (CHD); a large number survive. It is the goal of cardiac rehabilitation to restore the physical and economic status of individuals suffering from CHD. This paper reviews current CHD statistics, summarizes the factors that are known to cause CHD, traces the evolution of cardiac rehabilitation programs, and, finally, provides a new perspective for rehabilitating CHD patients based on job simulation.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0116, USA.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mital
authors.forename: Anubhav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mital
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States