rcent).
"A marked improvement in lifestyle habits (i.e., exercise, diet, psychosocial stress, less deterioration of body weight control) and in prescription of drugs for secondary prevention was seen in the intervention group," the study authors wrote.
The findings reinforce previous research showing gains achieved with short-term cardiac rehabilitation aren't sustained over time and suggest the need for a more comprehensive, sustained intervention in order to reduce patient's cardiovascular risks after a heart attack, they concluded.
More information
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about cardiac rehabilitation.
-- Robert Preidt
SOURCE: JAMA/Archives journals, news release, Nov. 10, 2008
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