title: [The rehabilitation of the cardiac patient in childhood. Its current status and outlook].
abstract: A cognitive survey of the state of the art of cardiac rehabilitation in the pediatric age in Italy has been carried out, involving in the inquiry 22 Centers of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, and the Italian Societies of Cardiovascular Surgery and Functional Evaluation and Cardiac Rehabilitation, to assess whether this topic has the dimensions of a social problem. The results of this investigation show that there is in Italy an increasing population of post-surgical patients, at least 3,000 per year which, together with about 500 congenital and acquired non-operated patients with heart disease, could benefit by rehabilitation, early or late according to the age. Although considered "important" by most of the inquired cardiologists and cardiac surgeons there are in Italy, up to date, only two Centers suited for pediatric cardiac rehabilitation, which, further, treat only a limited number of patients. Guidelines for functional evaluation and rehabilitative programs are needed to be applied, possibly, in selected rehabilitative Centers for adults.
authors.affiliation: Associazione per l'Assistenza al Bambino Cardiopatico, Milano.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Montella
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Massari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pozzoli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000639:trends; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: La riabilitazione del cardiopatico in età pediatrica. Stato attuale e prospettive.