Cardiac Rehabilitation: Clinical Challenges and New Insights
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 June 2025 | Viewed by 146
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a global issue and deaths from CVD continue to increase. Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) is a proven interdisciplinary modality based on counseling and physical training aimed to improve exercise capacity, cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality amongst several CVDs. International guidelines recommend CR with Class I Level of recommendation A/B (based on the disease) to support its use. CR is globally underutilized despite a 26–36% reduction in CV mortality and 13–27% reduction in all-cause mortality as a result of it use. This is due to both system and personal barriers, leading patients to not participate or complete a CR program. In addition, in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic made the situation even worse, adding a further barrier to attending or completing CR; indeed, most programs were temporarily closed during the pandemic and several never reopened after the pandemic. To overcome these limitations, further alternative options to in-person CR programs have been suggested, with equivalent benefits, safety and patient satisfaction. Alternative options include virtual CR (all CR components are performed via a virtual and on-demand platform), hybrid CR (a blend of in-person and virtual CR) and home-based CR. Compared to traditional CR programs, hybrid models of CR offer several potential advantages. They facilitate eligible patients who are unable to visit rehabilitation centers for various reasons (eliminating “CR deserts”), decrease medical costs and improve patient satisfaction and adherence to CR.
Dr. Melissa Tracy
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiovascular disease
- cardiac rehabilitation
- atrial fibrillation
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