PCI as part of their treatment plan (Heran et al, 2011).
CR is defined as ‘the co-ordinated sum of activities
required to influence favourably the underlying cause of
cardiovascular disease, as well as to provide the best
possible physical, mental and social conditions, so that the
patients may, by their own efforts, preserve or resume
optimal functioning in their community and through
improved health behaviour, slow or reverse progression of
disease’ (British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention
and Rehabilitation (BACPR), 2012: online).