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<i style="">1. Convalescent phase:</i> following discharge from acute hospital to admission to a rehab program (lasts 3-6 months). 
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<br/>2. No increase in <i>intensity </i>but increase in <i>duration. </i>
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<br/>3. This is to encourage scar formation in the area of myocardial damage. 
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<br/>4. Length determined partly by risk stratification &amp; monitoring need. Patient is closely monitored. 
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<br/>5. Intense risk factor modification. 


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