Her brother’s heart surgery at 4 years old sparked an early interest in cardiology for Linda Park, PhD, NP. But it was the disappointment years later as a cardiac nurse practitioner watching patients ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Following a cardiac event like a heart attack, open heart surgery, or heart failure, a patient that elects to go through a cardiac rehab program will see a 40% reduction in future ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Heart health means finding habits that you want to do consistently, but getting started can be intimidating, especially for patients recovering from their own heart scares.

Recovery from open heart surgery, both in the hospital and beyond, is a long, involved process. The duration depends on the ...

September 27, 2011 (Cleveland, Ohio) — A simple exercise program tailored to the patient's functional limits can improve the survival prognosis for patients with abnormal heart-rate recovery (HRR), ...

SALT LAKE CITY — One young girl is about to spend her third consecutive birthday at Primary Children's Hospital. Sienna, 4, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and needs an artificial heart ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AZFamily) — For three months, Jeff Goss spent his Mondays and Wednesdays in the cardiac rehab center at Abrazo West. “I had never heard of it. Not until after the heart attack,” he ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) gain clinical benefit from exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation without experiencing a rise in serious adverse events, according to a contemporary look at the ...