Frailty and cardiac rehabilitation: A call to action from the EAPC Cardiac Rehabilitation Section

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 577-590

  Vigorito, Carlo ^a   Abreu, Ana ^b   Ambrosetti, Marco ^c   Belardinelli, Romualdo ^d   Corrà, Ugo ^e   Cupples, Margaret ^f   Davos, Constantinos H ^g   Hoefer, Stefan ^h   Iliou, Marie Christine ⁱ   Schmid, Jean Paul ^j   Voeller, Heinz ^k   Doherty, Patrick ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central   (Portugal)

^c Le Terrazze Clinic   (Italy)

^d Cardiologia Riabilitativa Lancisi   (Italy)

^e IRCCS   (Italy)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^h INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

ⁱ ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Elderly; Frailty

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXHAUSTION; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART SURGERY; IMPLANTATION; MODEL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; AGE; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC REHABILITATION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85018702021     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487316682579     Document Type: Article

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