European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Cardiac rehabilitation in adults with congenital heart disease: care situation, barriers, and patient-reported outcomes
Abstract Aims Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an essential component of long-term care for adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). This study provides novel patient-reported data on barriers to cardiac rehabilitation in ACHD, a population that has so far been insufficiently studied in this respect. The objective was to investigate knowledge, sources of information, barriers to access, and expectations regarding CR in ACHD and to analyse age-specific and sex-specific differences. Methods and results A pragmatic …