Standardization and quality improvement of secondary prevention through cardiovascular rehabilitation programmes in Europe

The avenue towards EAPC accreditation programme A position statement of the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)

Abreu, Ana
Frederix, Ines
Dendale, Paul
Janssen, Arne
Doherty, Patrick
Piepoli, Massimo F
Völler, Heinz
Davos, Constantinos H
Ambrosetti, Marco

Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria/Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Portugal
Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Exercise and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Laboratory, Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa (CCUL)
Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Belgium
Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital, Belgium
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Antwerp University, Belgium
Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Belgium
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
Heart Failure Unit, G da Saliceto Hospital, AUSL Piacenza and University of Parma, Italy
Institute of Life Sciences, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
Department of Cardiology, Klinik am See, Germany
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, University of Potsdam, Germany
Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Italy
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece

Corresponding author. Ana Abreu, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Av. Professor Egas Moniz CP 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal. Email: [email protected]

Received March 16, 2020

Accepted December 21, 2019

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European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 28(5):p 496-509, May 2021. | DOI: 10.1177/2047487320924912