Yoga in Cardiovascular Disease and Rehabilitation: Integrating Complementary Medicine into Cardiovascular Medicine highlights recent research, clinical trials and experiments on yoga and meditation as a preventative measure against various major cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease and metabolic syndromes. Chapters discuss yoga's role in ameliorating cardiac dysfunction and current knowledge on the effects of yoga on the brain, emotion, and other factors that initiate and perpetuate vascular inflammation. Cellular, genetic, and molecular effects of yoga based on experimental evidence are also covered in detail, providing readers with the latest research on the effects of yoga and meditation in heart diseases.

This book also explores current knowledge gaps in yoga research to facilitate further research and is a comprehensive reference to scientists and clinicians interested in yoga's health effects, including preventing and treating diseases.


1. Yoga and meditation in Cardiovascular Diseases

2. Medical Model of Yoga and meditation

3. Yoga and meditation as preventive tools

4. Safety considerations of Yoga and meditation in cardiovascular diseases

5. Yoga and meditation in the management of arterial hypertension

6. Yoga and meditation in coronary heart disease

7. Role of Yoga and meditation in prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its Complications

8. Yoga and meditation for Heart failure

9. Yoga and meditation in Cardiac Arrhythmia

10. Yoga and meditation in Cardiometabolic Syndromes

11. Yoga and meditation for stroke

12. A yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation program for cardiovascular health

13. Principles of Diet in a Yogic lifestyle and meditation

14. Yoga and meditation as a Potential Intervention for Preventing Cardiac Complications in COVID-19