Changing the paradigm: From cardiac rehabilitation to vascular rehabilitation

Carlos Escobar, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Raquel Campuzano, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
M. Rosa Fernández, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Jaen, Jaen, Spain
Vicente Arrarte, Department of Cardiology, University General Hospital, Alicante, Spain. Spain
Almudena Castro, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Cardiac rehabilitation, consisting of prescribed exercise and counseling for risk modification, has demonstrated not only to improve risk factors control, but also to reduce recurrent cardiovascular outcomes in patients with previous myocardial infarction.