The guide to cardiological rehabilitation covers current standards, quality assurance, and evidence. Based on the latest guidelines, it provides practical insights with patient examples regarding indications and questions. It includes training for hypertensive patients, nutritional counseling, smoking cessation, and more. Specific features related to indications such as heart surgery, heart failure, and peripheral arterial occlusive disease are also discussed. Important to know are the four pillars of rehabilitation: soma, patient education, psychology, and sociology. This guide is suitable as a textbook for additional qualification in rehabilitation medicine and as supplementary knowledge for further training in physical medicine.