Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Austria

Paracelsus Medical University (PMU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Disease

Treatments: Other: Physical activity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01540006

UISM-6

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this prospective trial is the manifestation of guidelines developed for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria.

The evaluation of prospective and retrospective data is supposed to give evidence on morbidity and/or mortality advantages compared to patients not participating in cardiac rehabilitation programs.

The database created in this context is supposed to pave the way as instrument to document and comprehend quality and cost effectiveness of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria as a key for quality management.

Enrollment: 1,200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• heart disease

Exclusion criteria

• participation in another study within the previous 6 months
• Medical conditions which prevent patients from complying with the exercise program
• Acute infections
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Pulmonary artery embolism or phlebothrombosis within the previous 6 months
• Unstable angina pectoris
• Heart failure (NYHA IV)
• Hemodynamically unstable arrhythmia