Why the study?
Guidance was needed on how cardiovascular rehabilitation facilities should modulate their activities in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Expert consensus recommends maintaining traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation activities during the COVID-19 pandemic and expanding referral to include COVID-19 patients with acute cardiovascular complications.
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Supports maintaining cardiovascular rehabilitation during pandemics; extends expert consensus to post-COVID cardiac complications.
Ambrosetti et al. (2020) studied Cardiovascular rehabilitation during COVID-19 (n=28). Cardiovascular rehabilitation recommendations was evaluated on Consensus on statements regarding referral criteria, timing, core components, metrics, and quality indicators. A Delphi consensus of 28 experts reached agreement on 58 of 150 statements (39%) to guide cardiovascular rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing maintenance of usual activities.
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