Pocket Rehab - mHealth-based Rehabilitation Program for patients with cardiovascular disease as p...

Cardiovascular diseases remain the major cause of mortality with an estimated prevalence of 422.7 million cases worldwide at high cost for the public health. Recently, the pathophysiological mechanism of the coronavirus uses the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as a functional receptor, increasing the risk of contamination and the mortality rate in this population, aggravating this scenario. According to the epidemiological bulletin of COE-COVID19 of the Ministry of Health of Brazil, among the 1124 deaths recorded until 11 April 2020, in those under the age of 60, 82.5% had illness a...

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