Miguel Mendes

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide the practical recommendations on the core components and goals of CR intervention in different cardiovascular conditions, to assist in the design and development of the programmes, and to support healthcare providers, insurers, policy makers and consumers in the recognition of the comprehensive nature of CR.

TL;DR: Fewer than half of eligible cardiovascular patients benefit from CR in most European countries, and priorities for improvement include promoting national laws and guidelines specific for CR and increasing both CR programme participation rates and CR infrastructure.

TL;DR: The aims that the Cardiac Rehabilitation Section of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation has foreseen are to promote secondary preventive cardiology in clinical practice.

TL;DR: This call-for-action paper presents the key components of a CR programme: physical activity counselling and exercise training and summarizes current evidence-based best practice for the wide range of patient presentations of interest to the general cardiology community.

TL;DR: Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as the most cost-effective intervention to ensure favourable outcomes across a wide spectrum of cardiovascular ...