Executive summary of the Position Paper of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC): core components of cardiac rehabilitation in chronic heart failure

• Corrá, Ugo ‘Salvatore Maugeri’ Foundation, Institute for Clinical Care and Research (IRCCS), Scientific Institute of Veruno, Italy
• Giannuzzi, Pantaleo ‘Salvatore Maugeri’ Foundation, Institute for Clinical Care and Research (IRCCS), Scientific Institute of Veruno, Italy
• Adamopoulos, Stamatis Second Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
• Bjornstad, Hans Heart Department, Haukeland Sykehus, Bergen, Norway
• Bjarnason-Weherns, Birna German Sport University, Institute for Cardiology and Sports Medicine, Cologne, Germany
• Cohen-Solal, Alain Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clinchy Cedex, France
• Dugmore, Dorian Wellness Medical Centre, Stockport, UK
• Fioretti, Paolo Cardiology Institute, Azienda Ospedaliera, Udine, Italy
• Gaita, Dan Institutul de Boli Cardiovasculare Clinica de Cardiologie Preventiva & Recuperare Cardiovasculara, Timisoara, Romania
• Hambrecht, Rainer University of Leipzig – Herzzentrum, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany
• Hellermans, Irene Thoraxcentrum, CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• McGee, Hannah Health Services Research Centre, Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
• Mendes, Miguel Instituto Do Coraçao, Hospital Santa Cruz, Linda-a-Velha, Portugal
• Perk, Joep Department of Internal Medicine, Oskarshamns Hospital, Oskarshamn, Sweden
• Saner, Hugo Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland and
• Vanhees, Luc Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Leuven, Belgium.

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