"Now that the 11-hour-long repeat bypass surgery on Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh is over, the focus has shifted to his post-operative care and cardiac rehabilitation. According to cardiologists, when it comes to heart patients, post-operative care is as important as the surgery. "Cardiac rehabilitation is a multi-dimensional programme designed to reduce future risk of heart patients through medical evaluation, prescribed exercise, cardiac risk factor modification, education and counselling," said Dr Aashish Contractor, who heads the Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Centre, Asian Heart Institute. DNA has learnt that doctors from the Asian Heart Institute's Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Centre will also be joining Dr Ramakant Panda's team in Delhi on Monday" - DNASunday, January 25, 2009
What's in store for the Indian PM's heart?
"Now that the 11-hour-long repeat bypass surgery on Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh is over, the focus has shifted to his post-operative care and cardiac rehabilitation. According to cardiologists, when it comes to heart patients, post-operative care is as important as the surgery. "Cardiac rehabilitation is a multi-dimensional programme designed to reduce future risk of heart patients through medical evaluation, prescribed exercise, cardiac risk factor modification, education and counselling," said Dr Aashish Contractor, who heads the Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Centre, Asian Heart Institute. DNA has learnt that doctors from the Asian Heart Institute's Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Centre will also be joining Dr Ramakant Panda's team in Delhi on Monday" - DNA
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