Cardiac Rehabilitation Is Essential in the COVID-19 Era DELIVERING UNINTERRUPTED HEART CARE BASED ON THE CLEVELAND CLINIC EXPERIENCE

The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged how and whether patients with heart disease are able to safely access center-based exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation (CR). This commentary provides an experience-based overview of how one health system quickly developed and applied inclusive policies to allow patients to have safe and effective access to exercise-based CR.

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This commentary provides an overview of how one health system quickly developed inclusive policies to allow heart disease patients safe and effective access to exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Through these policies, patients were able to safely engage in exercise training for their cardiac rehabilitation needs.