Birna Bjarnason‐Wehrens

ORCID: 0000-0002-8886-3999
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Research Areas
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Health and Medical Studies
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Physical Activity and Health

German Sport University Cologne
2016-2025

Schmid (Germany)
2018-2022

Stanford University
2020

Klinikum rechts der Isar
2020

Technical University of Munich
2020

Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
2020

Milken Institute
2020

George Washington University
2020

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research
2020

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
2018

Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as the most cost-effective intervention to ensure favourable outcomes across a wide spectrum of cardiovascular disease, reducing mortality, morbidity and disability, increase quality life. The delivery 'modern' programme is mandatory both in residential out-patient setting expected outcomes. present position paper aims update practical recommendations on core components goals different conditions, order...

10.1177/2047487320913379 article EN European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2020-03-30

Despite major improvements in diagnostics and interventional therapies, cardiovascular diseases remain a health care socio-economic burden both western developing countries, which this is increasing close correlation to economic growth. Health authorities the general population have started recognize that fight against these can only be won if their faced by our investment on interventions lifestyle changes prevention. There an overwhelming evidence of efficacy secondary prevention...

10.1177/2047487312449597 article EN European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2012-06-20

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes support patients to achieve professionally recommended cardiovascular prevention targets and thus good clinical status improved quality of life prognosis. Information on CR service delivery in Europe is sketchy.Postal survey national CR-related organizations European countries.The Rehabilitation Inventory Survey assessed topics including guidelines, legislation funding mechanisms, phases provided characteristic included patients.Responses were available...

10.1097/hjr.0b013e328334f42d article EN European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 2010-03-18

Cardiac patients after an acute event and/or with chronic heart disease deserve special attention to restore their quality of life and maintain or improve functional capacity. They require counselling avoid recurrence through a combination adherence medication plan adoption healthy lifestyle. These secondary prevention targets are included in the overall goal cardiac rehabilitation (CR). can be viewed as clinical application preventive care by means professional multi-disciplinary integrated...

10.1093/eurheartj/ehq236 article EN European Heart Journal 2010-07-19

BackgroundCardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a clinically-effective but complex model of care. The purpose this study was to characterize the nature CR programs around world, in relation guideline recommendations, and compare by World Health Organization (WHO) region.MethodsIn cross-sectional study, piloted survey administered online globally. Cardiac associations local champions facilitated program identification. Quality (benchmark ≥75% given country meeting each 20 indicators) ranked. Results...

10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.06.006 article EN cc-by-nc-nd EClinicalMedicine 2019-07-04

Objective: To determine the impact of an exercise-based prehabilitation (EBPrehab) program on pre- and postoperative exercise capacity, functional capacity (FC) quality life (QoL) in patients awaiting elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Design: A two-group randomized controlled trail. Setting: Ambulatory prehabilitation. Subjects: Overall 230 preoperative CABG-surgery were randomly assigned to intervention (IG, n = 88; 27 withdrew after randomization) or control group (CG,...

10.1177/0269215520933950 article EN cc-by Clinical Rehabilitation 2020-06-16

Objectives To compare the efficacy of intensive functional exercise training with that usual cardiac rehabilitation ( CR ) in very old adults soon after coronary bypass surgery CABG ). Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting In‐hospital . Participants Individuals aged 75 and older (n = 173, mean 78.5 ± 3.2) participated inpatient , which started (13.1 5.3 days) lasted for a 20.4 3.2 days. Intervention were randomly assigned to an intervention group IG ; n 84) or control CG 89). All...

10.1111/jgs.12030 article EN Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012-11-23

The aims of this study were to establish cardiac rehabilitation availability and density, as well the nature programmes, compare these by European region (geoscheme) with other high-income countries.A survey was administered programmes globally. Cardiac associations engaged facilitate programme identification. Density computed using global burden disease ischaemic heart incidence estimates. Four countries selected for comparison (N = 790 programmes) data, multilevel analyses...

10.1177/2047487319827453 article EN European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2019-02-20

BackgroundPhysical activity is important for patients with congenital heart disease. The aim of this paper to provide a consensus document participation in competitive or leisure sport children and adults

10.1097/01.hjr.0000220574.22195.d6 article EN European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 2006-06-01

Their perceptual and motor experiences determine the physical development of children, impact also on their emotional, psychosocial, cognitive development. Our aim, therefore, was to evaluate in children with congenitally malformed hearts compared healthy peers. We 194 a mean age 10.0 years, standard deviation 2.7 representing entire spectrum congenital cardiac disease, control group 455 having 9.6 2.17 years. The bodily coordination test for used examine Of hearts, 26.8% showed moderate,...

10.1017/s1047951107001023 article EN Cardiology in the Young 2007-08-01

Zusammenfassung Patienten mit koronarer Herzerkrankung (KHK) profitieren deutlich von regelmäßiger körperlicher Aktivität. Neben der Verbesserung Symptomatik und Prognose (Hospitalisierung, Mortalität) kann auch eine Leistungsfähigkeit Lebensqualität erreicht werden. Zudem wirkt ein regelmäßiges Krafttraining Entwicklung einer Sarkopenie entgegen. Die Ausübung intensiven körperlichen Belastung ist jedoch weiterhin Sicherheitsbedenken verbunden. Der vorliegende Beitrag präsentiert die...

10.1055/a-2530-3406 article DE Aktuelle Kardiologie 2025-04-01

Despite the high burden of cardiovascular diseases in Arab countries, little is known about cardiac rehabilitation (CR) delivery. This study assessed availability, and CR program characteristics World, compared to Canada. A questionnaire incorporating items from 4 national / regional published surveys was created for this cross-sectional study. The survey emailed all contacts that were identified through studies, conference abstracts, a snowball sampling strategy, other key informants 22...

10.1186/s12913-015-1183-7 article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2015-06-01
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