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Cardiac rehabilitation refers to an Intervention program designed to help heart patients achieve their optimal physical, medical, psychological, social, emotional, vocational, and eco

Cardiac rehabilitation program refer to program to educate patients on the best way to change their lifestyles and use a combination of physical activity and social support to improve their overall functioning and prevent death.

Cardinal trait refers to a personality trait so basic that all of a person's activities relate to it. Cardinal traits are the most pervasive and powerful human traits.

principle specifying that the last number in a counting sequence specifies the number of items in a set.

Cardinality principle refers to counting principle that the last number name denotes the number of objects being counted or the number of items in a set.

Cardiologist refers to a medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

Cardiopulmonary death refers to a set of criteria for death that includes lack of a heartbeat and lack of respiration.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) refers to a method of reviving the functioning of heart and lungs after a loss of consciousness in which the patient’s pulse has ceased or lungs have failed to function appropriately.