Abstract
There is overwhelming evidence that smoking cessation, regular physical activity, and combined dietary changes are beneficial in patients with coronary heart disease. Effect size estimates for these lifestyle goals vary between 20% and 35% of mortality rate reductions. Despite the evidence, achieving healthy lifestyles remains the most difficult problem in secondary prevention. In this paper, I review the effects of lifestyle changes on the clinical outcome of patients with coronary heart disease and the underlying mechanisms of benefit, as well as two recently published, controlled, clinical trials addressing the issue of achieving therapeutic lifestyle changes in coronary heart disease patients.
Keywords: Coronary heart disease, secondary prevention, therapeutic lifestyle changes
Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials
Title: The Potential of Lifestyle Changes for Improving the Clinical Outcome of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: Mechanisms of Benefit and Clinical Results
Volume: 5 Issue: 1
Author(s): Domenico Scrutinio
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Keywords: Coronary heart disease, secondary prevention, therapeutic lifestyle changes
Abstract: There is overwhelming evidence that smoking cessation, regular physical activity, and combined dietary changes are beneficial in patients with coronary heart disease. Effect size estimates for these lifestyle goals vary between 20% and 35% of mortality rate reductions. Despite the evidence, achieving healthy lifestyles remains the most difficult problem in secondary prevention. In this paper, I review the effects of lifestyle changes on the clinical outcome of patients with coronary heart disease and the underlying mechanisms of benefit, as well as two recently published, controlled, clinical trials addressing the issue of achieving therapeutic lifestyle changes in coronary heart disease patients.
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Scrutinio Domenico, The Potential of Lifestyle Changes for Improving the Clinical Outcome of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: Mechanisms of Benefit and Clinical Results, Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials 2010; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157488710790820508
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157488710790820508 |
Print ISSN 1574-8871 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1876-1038 |
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