@article{VigoritoAbreuAmbrosettietal.2017,
  author    = {Vigorito, Carlo and Abreu, Ana and Ambrosetti, Marco and Belardinelli, Romualdo and Corra, Ugo and Cupples, Margaret and Davos, Constantinos H. and Hoefer, Stefan and Iliou, Marie-Christine and Schmid, Jean-Paul and V{\"o}ller, Heinz and Doherty, Patrick},
  title     = {Frailty and cardiac rehabilitation: A call to action from the EAPC Cardiac Rehabilitation Section},
  series = {European journal of preventive cardiology : the official ESC journal for primary \& secondary cardiovascular prevention, rehabilitation and sports cardiology},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {European journal of preventive cardiology : the official ESC journal for primary \& secondary cardiovascular prevention, rehabilitation and sports cardiology},
  publisher = {Sage Publ.},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {2047-4873},
  doi       = {10.1177/2047487316682579},
  pages     = {577 -- 590},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterised by a vulnerability status associated with declining function of multiple physiological systems and loss of physiological reserves. Two main models of frailty have been advanced: the phenotypic model (primary frailty) or deficits accumulation model (secondary frailty), and different instruments have been proposed and validated to measure frailty. However measured, frailty correlates to medical outcomes in the elderly, and has been shown to have prognostic value for patients in different clinical settings, such as in patients with coronary artery disease, after cardiac surgery or transvalvular aortic valve replacement, in patients with chronic heart failure or after left ventricular assist device implantation. The prevalence, clinical and prognostic relevance of frailty in a cardiac rehabilitation setting has not yet been well characterised, despite the increasing frequency of elderly patients in cardiac rehabilitation, where frailty is likely to influence the onset, type and intensity of the exercise training programme and the design of tailored rehabilitative interventions for these patients. Therefore, we need to start looking for frailty in elderly patients entering cardiac rehabilitation programmes and become more familiar with some of the tools to recognise and evaluate the severity of this condition. Furthermore, we need to better understand whether exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation may change the course and the prognosis of frailty in cardiovascular patients.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{VigoritoAbreuAmbrosettietal.2017,
  author    = {Vigorito, Carlo and Abreu, Ana and Ambrosetti, Marco and Belardinelli, Romualdo and Corr{\`a}, Ugo and Cupples, Margaret and Davos, Constantinos H. and Hoefer, Stefan and Iliou, Marie-Christine and Schmid, Jean-Paul and V{\"o}ller, Heinz and Doherty, Patrick},
  title     = {Frailty and cardiac rehabilitation},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {406},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-405172},
  pages     = {14},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterised by a vulnerability status associated with declining function of multiple physiological systems and loss of physiological reserves. Two main models of frailty have been advanced: the phenotypic model (primary frailty) or deficits accumulation model (secondary frailty), and different instruments have been proposed and validated to measure frailty. However measured, frailty correlates to medical outcomes in the elderly, and has been shown to have prognostic value for patients in different clinical settings, such as in patients with coronary artery disease, after cardiac surgery or transvalvular aortic valve replacement, in patients with chronic heart failure or after left ventricular assist device implantation. The prevalence, clinical and prognostic relevance of frailty in a cardiac rehabilitation setting has not yet been well characterised, despite the increasing frequency of elderly patients in cardiac rehabilitation, where frailty is likely to influence the onset, type and intensity of the exercise training programme and the design of tailored rehabilitative interventions for these patients. Therefore, we need to start looking for frailty in elderly patients entering cardiac rehabilitation programmes and become more familiar with some of the tools to recognise and evaluate the severity of this condition. Furthermore, we need to better understand whether exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation may change the course and the prognosis of frailty in cardiovascular patients.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{PiepoliCorraAbreuetal.2015,
  author    = {Piepoli, Massimo F. and Corra, Ugo and Abreu, Ana and Cupples, Margaret and Davos, Costantinos and Doherty, Patrick and Hoefer, Stephan and Garcia-Porrero, Esteban and Rauchi, Bernhard and Vigorito, Carlo and V{\"o}ller, Heinz and Schmid, Jean-Paul},
  title     = {Challenges in secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases A review of the current practice},
  series = {International journal of cardiology},
  volume    = {180},
  journal   = {International journal of cardiology},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Clare},
  organization    = {European Assoc Cardiovasc Preventi},
  issn      = {0167-5273},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.107},
  pages     = {114 -- 119},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {With the changing demography of populations and increasing prevalence of co-morbidity, frail patients and more complex cardiac conditions, the modern medicine is facing novel challenges leading to rapid innovation where evidence and experiences are lacking. This scenario is also evident in cardiovascular disease prevention, which continuously needs to accommodate its ever changing strategies, settings, and goals. The present paper summarises actual challenges of secondary prevention, and discusses how this intervention should not only be effective but also efficient. By this way the paper tries to bridge the gaps between research and real-world findings and thereby may find ways to improve standard care. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}