Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an important health problem. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR)
programs following AMI have shown to be effective in reducing mortality. We aim to …

Introduction Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) significantly reduces secondary cardiovascular
events and mortality and is a class 1A recommendation by the American Heart Association …

Background Although evidence exists for the efficacy of cardiac rehabilitation programmes
to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients with cardiovascular disease, cardiac …

Background: Rates of referral to cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) have been historically low despite the evidence that rehabilitation is …

Cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) is an effective secondary preventive model of care.
However, the use of CR is insufficient, and the reasons for this are not well-characterized in …

Introduction Despite greater need, rural inhabitants and individuals of low socioeconomic
status (SES) are less likely to undertake cardiac rehabilitation (CR). This study examined …

Background Despite its well-established positive effects, exercise-based cardiac
rehabilitation (exCR) is underused in patients following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) …

Objectives: The application of GIS in health science has increased over the last decade and
new innovative application areas have emerged. This study reviews the literature and builds …

Purpose: The mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases in such developing countries as Iran
is on the rise. Despite sufficient evidence pointing to its efficacy, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) …

The main objective of this paper is to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for
identifying spatial accessibility to health centers in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia based on the …