Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiovascular rehabilitation: From knowledge to implementation. 2020 update. A position paper from the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as the most cost-effective intervention to ensure favourable outcomes across a wide spectrum of cardiovascular disease, reducing cardiovascular mortality, morbidity and disability, and to increase quality of life. The delivery of a comprehensive and 'modern' cardiac rehabilitation programme is mandatory both in the residential and the out-patient setting to ensure expected outcomes. The present position paper aims to update the practical recommendations on the core components and goals of cardiac rehabilitation intervention in different cardiovascular conditions, in order to assist the whole cardiac rehabilitation staff in the design and development of the programmes, and to support healthcare providers, insurers, policy makers and patients in the recognition of the positive nature of cardiac rehabilitation. Starting from the previous position paper published in 2010, this updated document maintains a disease-oriented approach, presenting both well-established and more controversial aspects. Particularly for implementation of the exercise programme, advances in different training modalities were added and new challenging populations were considered. A general table applicable to all cardiovascular conditions and specific tables for each clinical condition have been created for routine practice.
Authors: Marco Ambrosetti, Ana Abreu, Ugo Corrà, Constantinos H Davos, Dominique Hansen, Ines Frederix, Marie C Iliou, Roberto F E Pedretti, Jean-Paul Schmid, Carlo Vigorito, Heinz Voller, Matthias Wilhelm, Massimo F Piepoli, Birna Bjarnason-Wehrens, Thomas Berger, Alain Cohen-Solal, Veronique Cornelissen, Paul Dendale, Wolfram Doehner, Dan Gaita, Andreas B Gevaert, Hareld Kemps, Nicolle Kraenkel, Jari Laukkanen, Miguel Mendes, Josef Niebauer, Maria Simonenko, Ann-Dorthe Olsen Zwisler
Institutions: Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Academy of Athens, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Hasselt University, Jessa Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Corentin-Celton, MultiMedica, Klinik Barmelweid, University of Naples Federico II, University of Potsdam, University of Bern, University Hospital of Bern, University of Parma, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, German Sport University Cologne, Convent Hospital of the Brothers of Saint John of God, Hôpital Lariboisière, KU Leuven, Berlin-Brandenburger Centrum für Regenerative Therapien, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, University of Antwerp, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Central Finland Health Care District, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Paracelsus Medical University, Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W3013503847