Selected patients who have experienced a coronary event are placed in a monitored exercise program. EKG machines track their heart rate and rhythm during the rehabilitation process so participants can increase their fitness level safely. Right now, medicine addresses patients who have heart disease after they have had heart attacks, strokes or chest pain. Prevention of cardiovascular disease not only is less costly, but it's the right thing to do. And it's clearly the best approach to the disease itself.
Preventive cardiology is the wave of the future.
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