Why the study?
The COVID-19 outbreak had a significant impact on cardiac rehabilitation inpatient and outpatient healthcare organization in Italy, requiring definition of the state of the art and future frontiers.
This position paper outlines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac rehabilitation services in Italy and proposes future management strategies.
CR services require adaptive models amid outbreaks; leaves open optimal reorganization strategies for continuity.
The COVID-19 outbreak is having a significant impact on both cardiac rehabilitation (CR) inpatient and outpatient healthcare organization. The variety of clinical and care scenarios we are observing in Italy depends on the region, the organization of local services and the hospital involved. Some hospital wards have been closed to make room to dedicated beds or to quarantine the exposed health personnel. In other cases, CR units have been converted or transformed into COVID-19 units. The present document aims at defining the state of the art of CR during COVID-19 pandemic, through the description of the clinical and management scenarios frequently observed during this period and the exploration of the future frontiers in the management of cardiac rehabilitation programs after the COVID-19 outbreak.
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