March 18, 2010
Cardiac rehab helps heart stent survival
Cardiac rehabilitation is linked with reduced mortality rates for patients who have had stents to treat coronary blockages, U.S. researchers found. Dr. Randal Thomas, a preventive cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., found patients who had coronary angioplasty — stent placement, also known as percutaneous coronary ntervention — and participated afterward in a cardiac […]