Advances in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation: The Central Role of Exercise in Prevention and Care
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiovascular Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cardiac rehabilitation; heart failure; treatment of advanced heart failure; heart failure rehabilitation; post-implantation left ventricular assist device; post heart transplantation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in all their manifestations and their impact on public health and consequently on the healthcare economy of many Western countries has led to a growing recognition of the importance of cardiac rehabilitation over the past decades. Physical exercise, regarded as a “polypill” in secondary prevention and as a cornerstone for a solid primary prevention strategy, has gained increasing evidence and relevance.
Moreover, exercise has demonstrated a prominent role in the prognosis of oncological diseases, thereby stimulating the interest of specialists in cardio-oncology and exercise physiology, whose fields are closely interconnected.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in cardiovascular rehabilitation, with particular emphasis on the role of physical exercise in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, researchers in the field of cardiovascular rehabilitation and exercise science are invited to submit their findings in the form of original articles or reviews to this Special Issue, with the goal of further strengthening the already solid evidence supporting exercise as a cornerstone in the management and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
Dr. Massimo Pistono
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiac rehabilitation
- secondary prevention
- physical exercise
- cardiovascular health
- aerobic exercise
- cardio-oncology rehabilitation
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