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ArticleEuropean journal of preventive cardiology2021

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.

Martijn Scherrenberg, Matthias Wilhelm, Dominique Hansen, Heinz Völler, Véronique Cornelissen, Ines Frederix, Hareld Kemps, Paul Dendale

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Article in European journal of preventive cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07322510 (Health Behaviour Change, Education on Risk Factor Reduction, Physical Activity Guidance, and Nutrition Counselling With a Remote Team to Support Patient Progress Using Technology in Synchronization With Medication Management and CardioWatch 287-2.), which is not on this map. Cited by 131 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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131citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07322510 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Health Behaviour Change, Education on Risk Factor Reduction, Physical Activity Guidance, and Nutrition Counselling With a Remote Team to Support Patient Progress Using Technology in Synchronization With Medication Management and CardioWatch 287-2. (HEARTS in Sync + CardioWatch 287-2)

TypeinterventionalSponsorNova Scotia Health AuthorityRan2026 to 2029Enrolled216ConditionsWearable Device, Cardiovascular Disease, ASCVD Management, CHF - Congestive Heart FailureArmsRemote Patient Monitoring with Corsano CardioWatch 287-2
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

131 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 255 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Martijn ScherrenbergFaculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, UHasselt - Hasselt University, Belgium.
Matthias WilhelmDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland.
Dominique HansenFaculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, UHasselt - Hasselt University, Belgium.
Heinz VöllerDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Potsdam, Germany.
Véronique CornelissenDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Ines FrederixFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp University, Belgium.
Hareld KempsDepartment of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Paul DendaleFaculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, UHasselt - Hasselt University, Belgium.
Jessa Hospital · BEHasselt University · BEKU Leuven · BEMáxima Medisch Centrum · NLUniversity Hospital of Bern · CHUniversity of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Potsdam · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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cardiovascular diseasecomprehensive cardiac rehabilitationCOVID-19telerehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID32615796
PMCPMC7928994
OpenAlexW3039903958

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