Cardiac Telerehabilitation

Dear Colleagues,

I am inviting submissions to this Special Issue on Comprehensive Cardiac Telerehabilitation. Telerehabilitation is the supervision and performance of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation at a distance, encompassing telemonitoring (noninvasive, often involving sensors), teleassessment (active remote assessment), telesupport (supportive televisits by nurses, psychological support), teletherapy (actual interactive therapy), telecoaching (support and instruction for therapy), teleconsulting, and telesupervision of exercise training.

According to the European and American guidelines, exercise training is strongly recommended for all stable cardiac patients (the first class of recommendation and the level of the evidence A). Despite this, there are large regional disparities in access to rehabilitation in many countries. One of the possibilities to solve this problem is to introduce hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation.

Another issue is that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the possibility of telerehabilitation has become even more important. Due to the pandemic, many cardiac rehabilitation centers around the world were closed, resulting in many eligible patients unable to participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs as secondary prevention. Therefore, telerehabilitation is an extremely useful alternative to standard rehabilitation to maintain the delivery of all core components of cardiac rehabilitation to cardiovascular disease patients.

In this Special Issue, I invite submissions exploring research and recent advances in the fields of home-based telemonitored cardiac rehabilitation. Both original papers and short communications are welcome, as well as comprehensive reviews, surveys, and case reports. Articles on new technological solutions devoted to telerehabilitation as well as articles on its legal aspects are also welcomed.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Ewa Piotrowicz, MD, PhD, FESC
Guest Editor

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