title: [Place and role of cardiac rehabilitation in modern cardiology].
abstract: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in middle-aged and older adults in most developing countries in the world. Numerous strong evidences in professional and scientific literature showed that regular aerobic exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation programmes lead to significant reduction in the risk profile and mortality of cardiac patients. However, less than 1/3 of patients eligible for cardiac rehabilitation currently participate in formal rehabilitation programmes in most European countries. In this review, we present today's "evidence-based" knowledge about many positive effects of cardiac rehabilitation with purpose to promote its greater use in daily clinical work.
authors.affiliation: Odjel za bolesti srca i krvnih zila, Specijalna bolnica za medicinsku rehabilitaciju, Krapinske Toplice.
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lakusić
authors.forename: Franjo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baborski
authors.forename: Dusko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cerovec
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramqaj
authors.forename: Nedeljko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ciglenecki
authors.forename: Romano
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurnik
authors.forename: Vlatka
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Japec
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Majsec
mesh_terms: D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans