T National Health Observatory of the National Institute of Health in Colombia states that cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the country. In the period 1998-2011, 628-630 deaths from cardiovascular disease were reported corresponding to 23.5% of all deaths in Colombia. Of the deaths attributed to the group of selected cardiovascular disease, 56.3% were due to ischemic heart disease, 30.6% to cerebrovascular disease, 12.4% to hypertensive disease and 0.5% to chronic rheumatic heart disease. Many studies have established that stroke is the leading cause of neurological disability in adults and that the poor level of fitness including a low functional capacity are the factors limiting patients to make their daily life activities and impact the risk of a new episode and increase mortality from this cause. This decrease in functional capacity has negative effects on mobility and resistance to fatigue and further worsens its functional performance and independence leading to greater restriction of their participation in the community. Similarly, it is known that about 75% of stroke patients have heart disease sharing the same risk factors and the cardiovascular disease is the major factor that limits the successful results in rehabilitation after a stroke. This demonstrates the existence of a close relationship between coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular event in terms of etiology associated diseases and risk factors which in turn suggests that strategies that have been used successfully for the treatment of coronary disease may be useful for the management of this condition. The cardiovascular and respiratory training provided by the programs of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation reduces fatigue, incidence of falls and fractures while providing better compensation of energy cost of hemiparetic gait. Similarly, reduces disability by its impact on mobility, body balance and balance among others. Patients with this type of training improve functional independence, their perceived quality of life and mood. Various studies have shown how patients admitted to programs of cardiac prevention and rehabilitation have significant clinical improvement in participation in activities of daily living perceived through the stroke impact scale. This participation which results in community integration is the main predictor of the overall recovery of a disabled person. Thus, cardiac prevention and rehabilitation programs offer an opportunity to reduce cardiovascular risk, mortality and recurrence of stroke and have also shown to improve the perceived quality of life due to provided components of exercise and education. Therefore, the current proposal is to consider the model of cardiac rehabilitation as a secondary prevention strategy in stroke care because it has shown a significant positive impact in reducing morbidity and mortality by achieving one of the most important objectives in the treatment of these patients-The marked improvement in the perception of their quality of life.