title: [Current researches on the rehabilitative exercise therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention].
abstract: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been widely used in the treatment of coronary heart disease. However, restenosis and re-occurrence of myocardial ischemia after PCI may influence its long-term outcomes. Effective rehabilitation exercise training could improve the patients' quality of life, increase the blood supply of ischemic myocardium and slow down the progress of coronary atherosclerosis after the PCI. This paper reviews the mechanisms of rehabilitation and program of exercise therapy after PCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaojing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans