Table 1.

Essential components of cardiac rehabilitation

BACPR		ESC
Standards	Core-components	Core-components
1) Identification and referral	1) Health behavior change and education.	1) Patient assessment with medical control
2) Multidisciplinary team	2) Lifestyle risk factor management: physical activity and exercise training - healthy eating and body composition - tobacco cessation and relapse prevention	2) Physical activity counseling
3) Initial assessment	3) Psychosocial health	3) Exercise training
4) Delivery of programme	4)Medical risk management	4) Diet/nutritional counseling
5) Final assessment	5) Long-term strategies	5) Risk factor control
6) Audit and evaluation		6) Patient education
		7) psychosocial management
		8) vocational advice