Excercise Prescription for the High-Risk Cardiac Patient

Exercise Prescription for the High-Risk Cardiac Patient. Squires, RW. Champaign, IL, Human Kinetics, 1998, hardcover, 205 pp, illus, $32.00.

This book is comprehensive in discussing exercise concepts in a difficult but increasingly common high-risk population group entering cardiac rehabilitation programs. This group involves those with myocardial ischemia and left ventricular dysfunction. The author's intended audience was exercise physiologists, physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and nurses practicing in the field of cardiac rehabilitation.

The book is organized into 5 chapters, each including tables, figures, and graphs to further illustrate the …