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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Piotrowicz, Ewa
• Piepoli, Massimo F
• Jaarsma, Tiny
• Lambrinou, Ekaterini
• Coats, Andrew J.S
• Schmid, Jean-Paul
• Corrà, Ugo
• Agostoni, Piergiuseppe
• Dickstein, Kenneth
• Seferović, Petar M
• Adamopoulos, Stamatis
• Ponikowski, Piotr P

Titel

Telerehabilitation in heart failure patients: The evidence and the pitfalls

Ist Teil von

• International journal of cardiology, 2016-10, Vol.220, p.408-413

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Ireland Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Accessibility to the available traditional forms of cardiac rehabilitation programmes in heart failure patients is not adequate and adherence to the programmes remains unsatisfactory. The home-based telerehabilitation model has been proposed as a promising new option to improve this situation. This paper's aims are to discuss the tools available for telemonitoring, and describing their characteristics, applicability, and effectiveness in providing optimal long term management for heart failure patients who are unable to attend traditional cardiac rehabilitation programmes. The critical issues of psychological support and adherence to the telerehabilitation programmes are outlined. The advantages and limitations of this long term management modality are presented and compared with alternatives. Finally, the importance of further research, multicentre studies of telerehabilitation for heart failure patients and the technological development needs are outlined, in particular interactive remotely controlled intelligent telemedicine systems with increased inter-device compatibility.