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ReviewCurrent cardiology reviews2025

Hot Water Immersion as a Means to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Mortality.

Metodija Kjertakov, Aaron Petersen

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Review in Current cardiology reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Metodija KjertakovInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9135-1348
Aaron PetersenInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1508-748X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity is widely promoted as a preventive strategy against cardiovascular disease and death from this disease. However, the fact that some individuals are unable or unwilling to engage in physical activity highlights the need for alternative strategies. Passive heat exposure using hot water immersion could serve as an alternative to physical exercise, as it provides similar, if not greater, cardioprotection than physical activity. This perspective article presents evidence supporting our concept and provides recommendations for hot water immersion sessions.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesHot TemperatureImmersionExerciseHumansCardiovascular diseasecardiovascular mortalityhot water immersion.passive heat exposurephysical activityprevention

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PMID39185640
PMCPMC12060910

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