Exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation in cardiovascular disease

Introduction: The aim of this review is to introduce the audience to exercise training (ET) as a therapeutic tool in coronary heart disease (CHD) and to discuss the role of and advances in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as a means of effectively delivering ET.Areas covered: The physiological mechanisms behind ET effects on the cardiovascular (CV) system as well as the implementation of ET in CR and the effects of CR on CV morbidity, risk factor...