Cardiac rehab has no gender: The universal power of physical exercise post acute coronary syndrome

Fahimeh Varzideh; Pasquale Mone; Urna Kansakar; Stanislovas S Jankauskas; Gaetano Santulli

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120547

Cardiac rehab has no gender: The universal power of physical exercise post acute coronary syndrome

Atherosclerosis. 2025 Dec:411:120547. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120547. Epub 2025 Nov 17.

Authors

Fahimeh Varzideh¹, Pasquale Mone², Urna Kansakar¹, Stanislovas S Jankauskas¹, Gaetano Santulli³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA; Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; Casa di Cura Montevergine, Mercogliano, Avellino, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA; Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy; International Translational Research and Medical Education (ITME) Consortium, Joint Academic Research Unit, Naples, Italy; Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center (ES-DRC), Einstein Institute for Neuroimmunology and Inflammation (INI), Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism (FIDAM), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA. Electronic address: gsantulli001@gmail.com.

PMID: 41314762
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120547

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiovascular prevention; Exercise behavior; Mortality; Physical activity; Population-based cohort; Sex differences.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

U54 MD017979/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States