The future is now: a call for action for cardiac telerehabilitation in the COVID-19 pandemic from the secondary prevention and rehabilitation section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology

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The role of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation is well established in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease and heart failure. Numerous trials have demonstrated both the effectiveness as well as the cost-effectiveness of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation in improving exercise capacity and quality of life, and in reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. However, the current COVID-19 pandemic has led to closure of many cardiac rehabilitation centres in Europe resulting in many eligible patients unable to participate in the optimisation of secondary prevention and physical performance. This elicits an even louder call for alternatives such as cardiac telerehabilitation to maintain the delivery of the core components of cardiac rehabilitation to cardiovascular disease patients. The present call for action paper gives an update of recent cardiac telerehabilitation studies and provides a practical guide for the setup of a comprehensive cardiac telerehabilitation intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic. This set up could also be relevant to any cardiovascular disease patient not able to visit cardiac rehabilitation centres regularly after the COVID-19 pandemic ceases.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Eur J Prev Cardiol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Prev Cardiol

Journal ID (publisher-id): eurjpc

Title: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISSN (Print): 2047-4873

ISSN (Electronic): 2047-4881

Publication date (Electronic): 03 July 2020

Electronic Location Identifier: 2047487320939671

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[ ]Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, UHasselt – Hasselt University , Belgium

[ ]Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital , Belgium

[ ]Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Bern , Switzerland

[ ]Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, UHasselt – Hasselt University , Belgium

[ ] BIOMED/REVAL (Rehabilitation Research Centre) , Belgium

[ ]Heart Centre Hasselt, Jessa Hospital , Belgium

[ ]Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Potsdam , Germany

[ ]Rehabilitation Centre for Internal Medicine, Klinik am See, Germany

[ ]Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven , Belgium

[ ]Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp University , Belgium

[ ]Intenisve Care Unit, Antwerp University Hospital , Belgium

[ ]Department of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Center , The Netherlands

[ ]Department of Industrial Design, Technical University Eindhoven , The Netherlands

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[*]Paul Dendale, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Stadsomvaart 11, Hasselt, Belgium. Email: paul.dendale@ 123456jessazh.be

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Publisher ID: 10.1177_2047487320939671

DOI: 10.1177/2047487320939671

PMC ID: 7928994

PubMed ID: 32615796

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Date received : 27 April 2020

Date accepted : 15 June 2020

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