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cord-313989-bc7q8swu	Nicholls, Stephen J.	Optimising Secondary Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Position Statement from the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) #	2020-04-30		.txt	text/plain	3646	176	35	Challenges The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced limitations for many patients to access standard health services such as visits to health care professionals, medications, imaging and blood tests as well as attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. Furthermore, in the patient with established atherosclerotic CVD, changes in access to the health care system has potential implications for high risk patients to receive secondary prevention strategies. Given the concern regarding the long-term cardiovascular sequelae of the coronavirus pandemic, the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) thought it appropriate to define the potential impact on the effective use of secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation and to make recommendations for patients and health care workers. International guidelines for the care of CVD patients during the COVID-19 pandemic includes advice to address CVD risk factors and promote recovery [12] , and cardiac rehabilitation programs have well-established efficacy for supporting patients with lifestyle change [13] .	./cache/cord-313989-bc7q8swu.txt	./txt/cord-313989-bc7q8swu.txt