Multidisciplinary approaches involving clinical pharmacists in the cardiac rehabilitation of patients with chronic coronary syndrome in Ukraine

Abstract

Aim: This study is to investigate the impact of pharmacists’ interventions in the clinical practice of rehabilitation of patients after acute coronary syndrome with subsequent scientific and applied substantiation of the functional fulfillment of pharmacists’ roles as part of multidisciplinary teams. Materials and Methods: Foreign and Ukrainian publications of scientometric databases Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, PubMed, ESC, AHA, ADA sites. European, American and Ukrainian regulatory and legal support for the rehabilitation of patients after acute coronary syndrome with the participation of pharmacists as part of multidisciplinary teams. The methods used were narrative search using keywords, dialectical, synthesis, content analysis, visualization. Conclusions: The functional content of pharmacists’ roles as part of multidisciplinary teams in the process of cardiac rehabilitation of patients after acute coronary syndrome has been scientifically substantiated. The need to develop and implement clinical pharmacology guidelines in cardiology for specific nosologies, tailored for community and clinical pharmacists, has been identified. It is recommended to update the curricula in postgraduate training of pharmacists and clinical pharmacists in accordance with ESC/AHA standards.