High-intensity interval training within cardiac rehabilitation: a multi-center randomized controlled trial.
- Conditions
- Coronary artery diseaseCardiovascular - Coronary heart disease
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12619001737123
- Lead Sponsor
- Prince of Wales Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 64
1.Age between 18 and 75 years
2.Documented coronary artery disease (CAD), specifically recent acute myocardial infarction (MI), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), or, treated valvular heart disease, specifically following valve repair or replacement
3.Clinically stable for at least 4 weeks following AMI or PCI, or 6 weeks following CABG or other surgery requiring sternotomy
4.NYHA Class I
5.Sinus rhythm
6.First-time participant at the CR
7.Left ventricular ejection fraction > 40%
8.Receiving optimal medical treatment
9.Successful completion of a 2 session ‘run-in’ period of exercise training at the CR (‘usual care’ consisting of low to moderate-intensity continuous aerobic exercise and light-intensity resistance exercises).
10.Treating cardiologist’s clear approval for participation
11.Negative exercise stress test result
Primary diagnosis of heart failure; having a pacemaker; haemodynamically significant valvular disease; severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; unstable symptomatology; post-surgical tachycardia; cognitive impairment; not fluent in English; unable to undertake cycling exercise; women lactating, pregnant or of childbearing potential who are not willing to avoid becoming pregnant during the study; or other co-morbidities precluding participation in a structured exercise programme.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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