This clinical reference provides extensive practical guidance for all professionals involved in the management of cardiovascular patients, including residents and fellows in cardiology and internal medicine, surgical teams, physiotherapy professionals, critical care physicians and family medicine practitioners. The thoroughly updated and extended content takes into account recent developments in cardiac rehabilitation and incorporates practical advice on how to use guidelines in clinical practice both in the general cardiology patient population as well as for challenging individual patient groups.

Cardiac rehabilitation is of key importance to ameliorate long-term morbidity and mortality resulting from cardiac diseases and events. For those physicians and trainees trying to define the scope of cardiac rehabilitation, this Cardiac Rehabilitation Manual distills the guidelines and various management options available into a concise practical reference resource.