Influence of Training Intensity in Coronary Artery Disease

Hasselt University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments

Other: Training intensity (workload) during ergospirometry

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03034980

PD-VG-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is associated with high mortality worldwide. Narrowing of the coronary arteries can cause an acute myocardial infarction. Patient with cardiac ischemia are often treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Following hospitalisation, the patients are offered to attend a classical rehabilitation program with moderate exercise intensity. Current exercise program for cardiac rehabilitation has proven to reduce cardiovascular risk factors 1. Is it possible to improve the exercise capacity and risk profile even more if the exercise program includes more vigorous training? The program starts one week after the cardiac incident (AMI, PCI or CABG) and takes 12 weeks to complete. Patients with heart failure and valvular disease are excluded. First ventilatory threshold (VT1) and second ventilatory threshold (VT2) are determined during cycloerometry. VT2 reflects aerobic-anaerobic transition and therefore the aerobic functional capacity2. Exercise load reached at VT2 is used to determine the training load during rehabilitation.

The research goal is to investigate the influence of training intensity on the exercise capacity and risk profile of CAD patients.

Enrollment

343 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

25 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), who underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The 12-week program must be completed.

Exclusion criteria