[Effectiveness of tertiary prevention on quality of life and control of risk factors in patients with ischemic coronary heart disease].

Objective: Determine the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as a tertiary prevention strategy in the quality of life and control of risk factors of patients with ischemic coronary heart disease (ICC) of the National Cardiovascular Institute (INCOR) of EsSalud- Lima during the year 2018.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort of 280 patients with a diagnosis of CCI was studied who, after medical, interventional, or surgical treatment, were referred to the INCOR CR program for tertiary prevention (PT) in 2018. The program was developed according to the institutional guide for eight weeks with exercise sessions and educational, psychological, nutritional, and recreational workshops.

[Cardiac tele-rehabilitation in times of pandemic. Experience at the National Cardiovascular Institute INCOR in Lima-Peru].

Objective: Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs based on telehealth are an alternative in the context of a pandemic and represent an opportunity to continue in the intervention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The present study aims to evaluate the effect of a Cardiac Tele-Rehabilitation (CTR) program on quality of life, anxiety/depression index, exercise safety and Level Of disease awareness in patients discharged from a national referral institute in times of pandemic.

Methods: A pre-experimental study in cardiac patients who entered the cardiac rehabilitation program at INCOR from August to December 2020.

[Perceptions of resident physicians on the development of the cardiology resident program during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lima, Peru].

Objective: To describe the perceptions of resident doctors about the development of their training program during the pandemic in the city of Lima - Peru.

Materials And Methods: Through a cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was applied to seventy-eight cardiology residents in the last two years of training in the specialty. The perceptions about the accompaniment and support of the universities in the educational venues, for the development of the training program in cardiology during the pandemic, were evaluated.

[Compliance with the cardiology residency training program during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lima-Peru].

Objective: To characterize compliance with the annual curricular program of second and third-year cardiology residents in hospital of Lima-Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, through a questionnaire applied to seventy-eight cardiology residents from the second and third year of specialty. We evaluated the compliance with rotations in clinical fields, individual compliance with the annual program, and the achievement of minimum training standards.

Cardiac rehabilitation in Latin America.

This article provides a description of the status of cardiovascular (CV) rehabilitation (CVR) in Latin America (LA) and the potential impact on CV disease in the region. We discuss the insufficient number of CVR programs in the region and describe the components of CVR that are more commonly available, like exercise interventions, medical assessment and patient education. Additionally, we discuss the heterogeneity in other components, like the evaluation of depression, sleep apnea, and smoking cessation programs.