chapter 1 Overview: Charting the Course for Cardiac Rehabilitation into the 21st Century -- chapter 2 Benefits of Exercise Training / chapter 3 The National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference Statement on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health -- chapter 4 Rehabilitation Considerations in Exercise Testing / chapter 5 Exercise Prescription / chapter 6 Assessment for Exercise Training: Contraindications, Risk Stratification, and Safety Issues -- chapter 7 Components of Exercise Training / chapter 8 Life-Long Exercise: Counseling for Exercise Maintenance / chapter 9 Supervised Versus Unsupervised Exercise Training: Risks and Benefits / chapter 10 Exercise Training in Special Populations: The Elderly / chapter 11 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Women / chapter 12 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Heart Failure and Post-Transplantation Patients -- chapter 13 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Diabetes / chapter 14 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Obesity / chapter 15 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Valvular Heart Disease / chapter 16 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators -- chapter 17 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Peripheral Arterial Disease / chapter 18 Exercise Training in Special Populations: Associated Noncardiac Morbidities -- chapter 19 Multifactorial Cardiac Rehabilitation: Education, Counseling, and Behavioural Inteventions -- chapter 20 Matching the Intensity of Risk Factor Modification with the Hazard for Coronary Disease Events -- chapter 21 Scientific Basis for Multifactorial Risk Reduction: Overview with Emphasis on National Guidelines -- chapter 22 Smoking Cessation and Relapse Prevention: Case Management Approaches / chapter 23 Lipid Lowering for Coronary Risk Reduction / chapter 24 Management of Hypertension / chapter 25 Weight Management and Exercise in the Treatment of Obesity / chapter 26 Psychosocial Risk Factors: Overview, Assessment, and Intervention for Anger and Hostility -- chapter 27 Psychosocial Risk Factors: Assessment and Intervention for Depression / chapter 28 Psychosocial Risk Factors: Assessment and Intervention for Social Isolation / chapter 29 Stress Management / chapter 30 Return to Work: Factors and Issues of Vocational Counseling / chapter 31 Education for Special Populations / chapter 32 Quality-of-Life Assessment in Secondary Prevention / chapter 33 The New Infrastructure for Cardiac Rehabilitation Practice -- chapter 34 Case Management in Cardiac Rehabilitation / chapter 35 Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: Variations on a Theme / chapter 36 Behavioral Change�Getting Started and Being Successful / chapter 37 Motivating and Empowering Patients for Self-Learning / chapter 38 Adherence to a Hearing-Healthy Lifestyle�What Makes the Difference? -- chapter 39 Measuring Program Quality�Applying Standards and Guidelines / chapter 40 Streamlining and Computerizing Cardiac Rehabilitation Charting / chapter 41 Patient Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation: What, Why, and When to Measure -- chapter 42 Medicolegal Issues: Practice Guidelines�Friend or Foe? / chapter 43 Economic Issues: The Value and Effectiveness of Cardiac Rehabilitation / chapter 44 Challenges and Opportunities for Additional Research.