Cardiac Rehabilitation Is Essential in the COVID-19 Era: DELIVERING UNINTERRUPTED HEART CARE BASED ON THE CLEVELAND CLINIC EXPERIENCE

Erik H Van Iterson; Luke J Laffin; Michael Crawford; Dale Mc Mahan; Leslie Cho; Umesh Khot

doi:10.1097/HCR.0000000000000585

Cardiac Rehabilitation Is Essential in the COVID-19 Era: DELIVERING UNINTERRUPTED HEART CARE BASED ON THE CLEVELAND CLINIC EXPERIENCE

J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2021 Mar 1;41(2):88-92. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000585.

Authors

Erik H Van Iterson¹, Luke J Laffin, Michael Crawford, Dale Mc Mahan, Leslie Cho, Umesh Khot

Affiliation

¹ Sections of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation (Drs Van Iterson, Laffin, and Cho and Messrs Crawford and Mc Mahan) and Clinical Cardiology (Dr Khot), Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Cardiac Rehabilitation / methods*
Comorbidity
Exercise Therapy / methods*
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Heart Failure / rehabilitation*
Home Care Services / organization & administration*
Humans
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2