Whereas exercise training, as part of multidisciplinary rehabilitation, is a key component in the management of patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) and/or congestive heart failure (CHF), physicians and exercise professionals disagree among themselves on the type and characteristics of the exercise to be prescribed to these patients, and the exercise prescriptions are not consistent with the international guidelines. This impacts the efficacy and quality of the intervention of rehabilitation. To overcome these barriers, a digital training and decision support system [i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe concept and the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation are well established and scientifically proven. In the context of shortened in-hospital stays and older patients receiving more complex interventions, complications of those procedures might occur during cardiac rehabilitation. This article discusses guideline-directed diagnosis and treatment of complications after transcatheter aortic valve replacement, especially delayed-onset heart block, post-operative atrial fibrillation, and acute coronary ischemia in the setting of pre-existent bundle branch block.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) is well accepted in general, CR-attendance and delivery still considerably vary between the European countries. Moreover, clinical and prognostic effects of CR are not well established for a variety of cardiovascular diseases.
Methods: The guidelines address all aspects of CR including indications, contents and delivery.
Eur J Prev Cardiol
December 2021
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a multidisciplinary intervention including patient assessment and medical actions to promote stabilization, management of cardiovascular risk factors, vocational support, psychosocial management, physical activity counselling, and prescription of exercise training. Millions of people with cardiac implantable electronic devices live in Europe and their numbers are progressively increasing, therefore, large subsets of patients admitted in CR facilities have a cardiac implantable electronic device. Patients who are cardiac implantable electronic devices recipients are considered eligible for a CR programme.
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