[Guidelines for cardiovascular rehabilitation and secondary prevention in China 2018 simplified edition].

Since the publication of China expert consensus on rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in 2012, cardiac rehabilitation therapy has been developed rapidly in China. In 2015, Committee of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention of Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine published guidelines for rehabilitation/secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in China (2015 edition). The present guidelines, Guidelines for Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention in China 2018 simplified edition, were revised based on the 2015 edition and with referring to the latest updates in the relevant international guidelines published in 2017 and 2018.