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Item Open Access Age Differences in Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation(2009) Shanmugasegaram, Shamila; Grace, Sherry; Gravely, Shannon; Brual, Janette; suskin, neville; Stewart, Donna EileenOlder patients with heart disease experience more CR barriers, and the nature of their barriers differs from those of younger patients. Health care professionals should identify and address these barriers in order to optimize the benefits of CR use for elderly patients.Item Open Access A Mechanism for Blood Flow-Induced Capillary Maintenance(2009) Uchida, Cassandra; Milkiewicz, Malgorzata; Gee, Eric; Fudalewski, Tomasz; Haas, TaraHigh blood flow is important for the proper functioning of blood vessels. One of the ways this occurs is by production of protease inhibitors, which maintain vessel wall integrity.Item Open Access The Silver Lining of Heart Disease: What Type of Patients Will Be More Likely to Experience It?(2009) Leung, Yvonne; Gravely, Shannon; Macpherson, Alison; Irvine, Jane; Stewart, Donna Eileen; Grace, SherryAfter successfully coping with a life threatening event, people tend to look at the brighter side of life.Item Open Access There Are Gender Differences in the Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation(2009) Gravely, Shannon; Grace, Sherry; Brual, Janette; suskin, neville; Higginson, Lyall; Alter, David; Stewart, Donna EileenGender is an important factor that impacts health equity and access to healthcare programs and services. Healthcare professionals need to recognize that men and women behave differently within the environmental healthcare context. In order to improve women’s participation in secondary management programs, such as CR, psychosocial roles should be addressed, health information should be carefully discussed, and finally, physicians should encourage women to take part in programs that are proven to improve their health.