Open AccessCardiac Rehabilitation Is Essential in the COVID-19 Era
Author(s) -
Erik H. Van Iterson,
Luke J. Laffin,
Michael Crawford,
Dale Mc Mahan,
Leslie Cho,
Umesh N. Khot
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1932-751X
pISSN - 1932-7501
DOI - 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000585
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , rehabilitation , pandemic , physical medicine and rehabilitation , disease , physical therapy , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged how and whether patients with heart disease are able to safely access center-based exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation (CR). This commentary provides an experience-based overview of how one health system quickly developed and applied inclusive policies to allow patients to have safe and effective access to exercise-based CR.