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Practical Psychology in Medical Rehabilitation

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Coronary heart disease (CHD), with its clinical manifestations of stable angina pectoris, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction (MI), and sudden death, affects more than 14 million Americans. Nearly 1.5 million Americans sustain MIs each year, of which about a half million are fatal. Cardiac events can be life-changing experiences that involve not only alterations in physical functioning but also challenges to adaptation in both the patient and the family. Annually one million survivors of MI and more than seven million patients with stable angina pectoris are candidates for cardiac rehabilitation, as are patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). This chapter addresses treatment considerations for cardiac conditions. Cardiac rehabilitation is described. Physical, psychological, and social implications for cardiac health are delineated, and tips for successful treatment of patients with cardiac disease are offered.

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  1. Cardiac Rehabilitation, Charleston Area Medical Center, 3200 MacCorkle Ave., SE, Charleston, WV, 25304, USA

    Melisa Chelf Sirbu Ph.D.

  2. West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, WV, USA

    John C. Linton Ph.D., ABPP

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Maggi A. Budd

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sigmund Hough

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Stephen T. Wegener

  4. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    William Stiers

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Sirbu, M.C., Linton, J.C. (2017). Cardiac Rehabilitation. In: Budd, M., Hough, S., Wegener, S., Stiers, W. (eds) Practical Psychology in Medical Rehabilitation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34034-0_25

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