How-to Articles

Secondary Prevention & Rehabilitation

Investigating and defining standards for a better recognition of cardiac rehabilitation.

• How to manage heart rate after heart transplantation
  Practical recommendations by Dr Maria Simonenko
• How to exercise after heart transplantation
  Practical recommendations by Dr Maria Simonenko 
• How to provide telerehabilitation in cardiac patients
  A practical guide by Dr. Martijn Scherrenberg, Prof. Paul Dendale and Dr. Ines Frederix
• How to prescribe Aerobic Interval Exercise in patients with Coronary Artery Disease: The SAINTEX-CAD Study
  A practical guide for the implementation of interval training in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) by N. Pattyn, V. Cornelissen, D. Hansen, P. Beckers and E. Van Craenenbroeck
• How to decipher the mystery of a women’s heart?
  I Frederix, E Govaerts and P Dendale provide a practical guide on how to approach a woman with presumed ischemic heart disease (IHD).
• How to assess endothelial function in (secondary) prevention
  Romualdo Belardinelli, summarises the most common methods in clinical practice
• How to set up and run a cardiac rehabilitation program.
  Hugo Saner, Director Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation of University Hospital Bern, answers key questions
• How to manage physiotherapy and rehabilitation in LVAD patients
  Michel Lamotte, Dominique Hansen and Philippe Timmermans provide updated state-of-the-art insights

Exercise, Basic & Translational Research 

Promoting high-quality research and education related to exercise, basic and translational science. 

• How to use cardiopulmonary exercise testing in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation.
  Alessandro Mezzani and Marco Guazzi, EAPC Exercise, Basic and Translational Research Section, answer key questions.

Population Science & Public Health

Promoting the essential knowledge of population prevention science. 

• How to manage blood cholesterol in primary and secondary prevention

  Dr Konstantinos Koskinas answers key questions on this topic

• How to prevent chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity.
  Eugenio Greco, EAPC Prevention, Epidemiology & Population Science Section, answers key questions. Sports Cardiology Section Cardiac screening, education and science evolution in Sports Cardiology.
• How to treat chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity.
  Eugenio Greco, EAPC Prevention, Epidemiology & Population Science Section, answers key questions. Sports Cardiology Section Cardiac screening, education and science evolution in Sports Cardiology.

Sports Cardiology & Exercise

Cardiac screening, education and science evolution in Sports Cardiology. 

• How to interpret right ventricular remodeling in athletes
  Maria Sanz de la Garza and Amelia Carro provide practical recommendations 
• How to conduct pre-participation screening in athletes.
  Erik Ekker Solberg, EAPC Sports Cardiology Section, answers key questions
• How to exercise with Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease.
  Michael Papadakis, EAPC Sports Cardiology Section, answers key questions