Cardiac Telerehabilitation - Current State and Clinical Perspectives

Abstract

Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) are regarded as a leading cause of death globally, constituting important medical, social and economical problem. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses show the positive effect of exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR). Despite well-established benefits of CR, many heart failure patients do not attend such programs for a variety of reasons. Cardiac telerehabilitation has the huge potential to deliver CR programs to afroremen-tioned patients. The aim of this study was threefold: to establish the current state of the cardiac telerehabilitation, investigate the extent to which the available opportunities in cardiac telereha-bilitation are being exploited, and discuss clinical perspectives and directions of further research.