It is now widely recognized that comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has substantial benefits in patients with cardiovascular disease. In addition to a reduction in mortality, well-established benefits include an improvement in exercise tolerance, decreased symptoms of angina and dyspnea, optimization of blood lipid levels, and an overall improvement in psychosocial well-being.<sup>35 Wenger N.K., Froelicher E.S., Smith L.K. , y al.   Cardiac Rehabilitation. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 17. AHCPR Publication No. 96-0672 Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1995). 

Haga clic aquí para ir a la sección de Referencias</sup> Despite the fact that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States with more than 250,000 deaths each year, most studies of cardiac rehabilitation have not included a substantial number of women. Furthermore, because of the small number of women included in the meta-analysis outcome studies of cardiac rehabilitation, it is not clear whether the mortality benefits demonstrated in men apply to women.<sup>22 O'Connor G.T., Buring J.E., Yusuf S. , y al. An overview of randomized trials of rehabilitation with exercise after myocardial infarction Circulation 1989 ;  80 : 234-244  [cross-ref]

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