Cardiac Rehabilitation
September 2026
About Cardiac Rehabilitation
One in three people will experience cardiac disease during their lifetime. Cardiac rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary, patient-centred, and medically supervised intervention designed to optimise a patient's physical, mental, and social functioning following a cardiac event or diagnosis of cardiac disease.
It has been shown to improve health outcomes such as functioning and quality of life in a wide range of patients with cardiac conditions, and to reduce hospitalisation, recurrent events and cardiovascular mortality in selected patient groups.
This month, FOCUS brings together curated resources to help you stay up to date with the 2026 ESC Guidelines on cardiac rehabilitation. Explore our selection, including two expert-led webinars, and deepen your understanding of best practice in this essential area of cardiovascular care.
Webinars
Resources available to all
Essentials
2026 ESC Guidelines on cardiac rehabilitation: Developed by the task force on cardiac rehabilitation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Endorsed by the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM) and World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
2026 ESC Guidelines and Document overview
2026 ESC Guidelines on Cardiac Rehabilitation
2026 ESC Guidelines on Cardiac Rehabilitation: Ask the Task Force
Guidelines in Practice: 2026 ESC Guidelines on Cardiac Rehabilitation
Integrating and individualising cardiac rehabilitation core components: case presentation
Person-centred cardiac rehabilitation in practice: case presentations
Key Supporting Evidence
European Heart Journal, volume 46, issue 38
Standards for cardiac telerehabilitation: A scientific statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP) of the ESC, and the ESC Working Group on e-Cardiology
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 28, Issue 15
Comprehensive multicomponent cardiac rehabilitation in cardiac implantable electronic devices recipients: a consensus document from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC; Secondary prevention and rehabilitation section) and European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
European Heart Journal, Volume 45, Issue 38
Obesity and cardiovascular disease: an ESC clinical consensus statement
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 29, Issue 1
Exercise intensity assessment and prescription in cardiovascular rehabilitation and beyond: why and how: a position statement from the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology
European Heart Journal, Volume 44, Issue 6
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis
European Journal of Heart Failure, Volume 25, Issue 12
Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation for Adults with Heart Failure – 2023 Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Exclusively for members
Dig Deeper
In practice
Understanding the New ESC Cardiac Rehabilitation Guidelines: what patients need to know
Exercise, rehabilitation and preventive strategies in cardio-oncology
Cardio-oncology rehabilitation to target cardiovascular risk in cancer patients with and without CVD
Are we getting closer to treating heart and mind together and bridging the gap for individual patients attending cardiac rehabilitation?
Interface with the specialists
Women and cardiac rehabilitation: Moving beyond barriers to solutions?
Pioneers' viewpoint
Novel strategies for secondary stroke prevention: focus on factor XIa Inhibitors
EHRA Journal Club - EHRA Late-Breaking Trial: left bundle CRT
Surgical LAA exclusion - from underused opportunity to guideline-supported practice: evidence and practical insights for AF patients
LAAC therapy in clinical practice: insights and practical guidelines
The HFA Journal Club: HF recovery in focus - the WITHDRAW -AF trial
Multimorbidity in stroke risk and management: harnessing novel technologies for risk assessment and management
OPTION, CHAMPION-AF and Beyond: The Future of LAAO
EHRA-PATHS: The rationale (and pain) of a clinical trial with new software to tackle comorbidities in AF
Episode 22: Oral anticoagulation in afib - The smartwatch ECG
Episode 05: SPECIAL Atrial Fibrillation: AF burden - Pulsed field ablation: game changer? - Treatment following AF ablation
2026 ESC Guidelines on Cardiac Rehabilitation
ESC Pocket Guidelines Mobile App
Convenient resources available directly on your mobile device.
