Cardiovascular, pulmonary, and cancer rehabilitation. 1. Cardiac rehabilitation

This self-directed learning module highlights assessment and therapeutic options in the rehabilitation of cardiac patients and other rehabilitation patients with cardiac diseases. It is part of the chapter on cardiovascular, pulmonary, and cancer rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. New advances covered in this article include the management of patients who have undergone cardiac surgery, including transplantation, and gender differences in evaluation, therapy, and outcome.