There are strong evidences to show the role of yoga in reducing stress with improvement in both CV response and recovery from stress.
Yoga + conventional treatment in metabolic syndrome patients significantly reduced early atherosclerosis as assessed by CIMT (J Yoga Phys Ther. 2013;3:132).
Yoga is ideally suitable as a cheap and simple method for cardiac rehabilitation.
A few control trials also suggest that 12 weeks practice of yoga improves LVEF, peak oxygen consumption and QoL in HF patients (Integrative Medicine Insights. 2014;9:1-6; J Card Failure. 2008;14:407-13).
A yoga-based post-CABG cardiac rehabilitation program led to significantly better improvement in LVEF, blood glucose and lipids vs. controls. Yoga also reduced perceived stress, depression and negative effects (Indian Heart J. 2014;66(5):490-502).
Yoga works through two interconnected pathways in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases: by decreasing reactivity of the sympathoadrenal system and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal together with increased parasympathetic activity through vagus.
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