Cardiac rehabilitation is a structured secondary prevention which involves development of a personalised program of support, exercise and education which encourages long term and sustainable lifestyle changes for cardiovascular health. The key components of CR include:

• Medication adherence
• Physical activity promotion
• Body weight management
• Healthy nutrition
• Psychosocial management (stress, anxiety, depression)
• Smoking cessation
• Manage other conditions – HTN, high cholesterol, diabetes
• Educate on warning signs of a heart attack and what to do in an emergency.

The core components for Australian CR services have been grouped into 5 areas for service delivery.

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Indications

• Coronary artery disease
• Acute myocardial infarction
• Revascularisation procedures
• Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• Percutaneous coronary interventions
• Heart failure and cardiomyopathy conditions