Cardiac rehabilitation [[electronic resource] /] / Jonathon T. Halliday, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791833403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• ISBN: 1-61761-911-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Collana: Cardiology research and clinical developments series
• Altri autori (Persone): HallidayJonathon T
• Disciplina: 616.1/203
• Soggetti: Heart - Diseases - Patients - Rehabilitation; Heart - Diseases - Patients
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CARDIAC REHABILITATION ""; ""CARDIAC REHABILITATION""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Postural Blood Pressure Dysregulation and Dementia: Evidence for a Vicious Circle, and Implications for Neurocardiovascular Rehabilitation ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Age-Related Changes in Vascular Responses ""; ""3. Postural Blood Pressure Dysregulation in Age-Associated Neurological Disorders""; ""3.1. Dementia and Blood Pressure Dysregulation ""; ""3.2. Alzheimerâ€?s Disease ""; ""3.3. Vascular Dementia ""; ""3.4. Dementia of Lewy Bodies ""; ""3.5. Parkinsonâ€?s Disease ""; ""3.6. Multiple System Atrophy """"3.7. Huntingtonâ€?s Disease ""; ""4. Management ""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""References ""; ""Cardiac Rehabilitation in Women""; ""Abstract ""; ""Introduction""; ""Gender Differences Related to CVD in women ""; ""Aims of Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""Barriers of Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""Future Suggestions ""; ""References ""; ""Effects of Exercise on the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Diastolic Heart Failure""; ""Abstract ""; ""Introduction""; ""Diastolic Heart Failure - Definitions and Pathophysiology of Exercise Intolerance""""Exercise Training in Heart Failure ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""References ""; ""Does Treating Hypertension in the Very Elderly Equally Reduce Mortality in all Subgroups""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Evidence""; ""3. Concerns about the Treatment of Hypertension ; in the Very Elderly""; ""3.1. Dementia ""; ""3.2. Depression ""; ""3.3. Cardiovascular Diseases""; ""3.4. Carotid Stenosis""; ""3.5. Blood Pressure Target ""; ""3.6. Isolated Systolic Blood Pressure ""; ""3.7. Pulse Pressure ""; ""3.8. Postural Hypotension""""4. Treatment and Rehabilitation""; ""4.1. Pharmacological Management ""; ""4.2. Non-Pharmacological Management ""; ""5. Conclusions ""; ""References ""; ""Cardiac Rehabilitation""; ""Definition of Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""Cardiac Rehabilitation as a Comprehensive Intervention ""; ""Clinical Indications for Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""Contra-Indications ""; ""Benefit versus Safety Aspects of Regular Physical Exercise Therapy in Secondary Prevention ""; ""Program Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""1) First visit: Medical evaluation ""; ""2) Exercise therapy in cardiovascular diseases """"3) Education and counselling ""; ""Dietary Counselling ""; ""Smoking Cessation""; ""Psychological Risk Factors and Behavioural Support Depression ""; ""Anxiety""; ""Personality Factors, Character Traits ""; ""Life stress ""; ""Social Isolation""; ""Sexual Problems ""; ""Vocational Counselling ""; ""4) Medical evaluation during/at the end of cardiac rehabilitation""; ""References ""; ""Metabolic Syndrome, Myocardial Aging, and Diastolic Heart Failure: Related Mechanisms and Implications for Cardiac Rehabilitation ""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction ""