Optimization of bicycle Ergometer training

Completed

• Conditions: Coronary heart disease; Circulatory System

• Registration Number: ISRCTN44341748
• Lead Sponsor: Refonet (Germany)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 2015-01-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 340

Inclusion Criteria

1. Angiographic proved coronary disease
2. Echocardiogram (ECG) proved normal or slightly limited systolic cardiac function
3. Angina pectoris or acute coronary syndrome more than or equal to ten days before joining the research project
4. Sinus rhythm

Exclusion Criteria

1. Acute coronary syndrome less than ten days before joining the research project
2. Moderate to severe limited sysolic cardiac function
3. Aorto-coronary bypass operation more than or equal to three months before joining the research project
4. Atrial fibrillations or therapy relevant ventricular arrythmia
5. Clinically limiting peripheral arterial disease
6. Present hypertrophic obstructive cardiac myopathy
7. Non-regulatable arterial hypertonia
8. Haemodynamically relevant cardiac valvular defect
9. Pericarditis, myocarditis and lung embolic more than or equal to six months before joining the research project
10. Limiting orthopaedic secondary disorders
11. Consuming and intercurrent diseases
12. Renal insufficiency (Creatinine > 2.0 mg/dl)
13. Anaemia (haemoglobin [Hb] < 12g/dl)
14. Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Forced Expiratory Volume in one second [FEV1] < 35%)
15. Respiratory global insufficiency
16. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) implantation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified