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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cognitive Impairment: Elective Affinities or Fatal Attraction.

Valeria Visco, Francesco Loria, Antonio Squillante, Francesca Palmieri, Federica Piani, Ilaria Fucile, Carmine Izzo, Maria Rosaria Rusciano, Cristina Gatto, Rónán O'Caoimh and 6 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Valeria ViscoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2197-5355
Francesco LoriaCardiac Rehabilitation Unit, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona", 84131 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-8298-3082
Antonio SquillanteCardiac Rehabilitation Unit, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona", 84131 Salerno, Italy.
Francesca PalmieriDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-4331-8972
Federica PianiOtto Loewi Research Center for Vascular Biology, Immunology and Inflammation, Division of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3338-1172
Ilaria FucileDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, "Federico II" University, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Carmine IzzoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8499-5428
Maria Rosaria RuscianoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.
Cristina GattoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1658-8470
Rónán O'CaoimhHealth Research Board Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Mercy University Hospital, T12WE28 Cork City, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-1499-673X
David William MolloyHealth Research Board Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Mercy University Hospital, T12WE28 Cork City, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-7370-8630
Costantino MancusiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, "Federico II" University, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6690-1408
Giorgia BrunoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.
Nicola VirtuosoCardiology Unit, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona", 84131 Salerno, Italy.
Carmine VecchioneDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.
Michele CiccarelliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2379-1960

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is strongly recommended in secondary cardiovascular prevention; indeed, in patients after cardiac surgery or with coronary artery disease or heart failure, this intervention is recommended to decrease mortality, morbidity, and disability, and to improve quality of life and cardiorespiratory fitness. Moreover, each step of the cardiovascular continuum denotes a potential risk factor for the progression of cognitive frailty; this interaction is highly prevalent, affecting approximately one-third of all patients in cardiology settings. For these reasons, CR should consider the patient's cognitive domain; however, cognitive assessment is still rarely integrated into standard CR protocols. Therefore, this comprehensive review presents current evidence and recent updates on the interaction between CR and cognitive impairment, focusing on physiological mechanisms, core components, benefits, and strategies for implementing CR in patients with cognitive frailty to optimize recovery and prognosis.

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cardiac rehabilitationcardiac surgerycardiovascular diseasecognitioncognitive frailtycognitive impairmentcoronary artery diseaseheart–brain axisheart failure

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PMID42355767
PMCPMC13300999

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