Outpatient cardiovascular rehabilitation in Croatia

Kardiovaskularna rehabilitacija timski je postupak koji se interdisciplinarnim i transdisciplinarnim pristupom zdravstvenih djelatnika u specijaliziranim bolničkim ili ambulantnim centrima pro- vodi kao dio kardiološkog liječenja bolesnika. Istodobno provedeni kardiovaskularni trening pod nadzorom kardiologa uz telemetrijsko monitoriranje elektrokardiograma, cjelovita neinvazivna dijagnostička obrada, psihodijagnostika i savjetovanje psihologa, terapijska edukacija te nefarmakološke mjere uz uobičajeno medikamentno liječenje čine neodvojive sastavnice programa kardiovaskularne rehabilitacije. Članak donosi prikaz organizacije rada ambulantne kardiovaskularne rehabilitacije u Republici Hrvatskoj, koja je učinkovit, siguran, individualno prilagodljiv i ekonomski isplativ postupak koji smanjuje smrtnost, povećava funkcionalni kapacitet, vraća radnu sposobnost i poboljšava kvalitetu života.Cardiovascular rehabilitation is a part of cardiologic treatment that is performed in specialized hospital or outpatient centers by a team of medical personnel using an interdisciplinary and transdiciplinary approach. Cardiovascular training with telemetric electrocardiogram monitoring under the supervision of a cardiologist, full non-invasive diagnostic testing, psychodiagnostics and psychological counseling, patient education, and non-pharmacological measures coupled with typical medication treatment are all integral components of cardiovascular rehabilitation programs. This article describes the organization of outpatient cardiovascular rehabilitation in the Republic of Croatia, which is a effective, safe, cost-effective procedure that can be tailored to the patient and reduces mortality, increases functional capacity, restores work fitness and work capacity, and improves quality of life