More Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs in Less Time

Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Open, Blinded for the End Point Evaluator to Compare Compliance to Secondary Prevention Measures After Acute Coronary Syndrome and Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program vs Standard Program

To determine if an intensive cardiac rehabilitation program with periodic reinforcements improve the compliance/adherence to secondary preventive measures (physical exercise, mediterranean diet, tobacco abstinence, pharmacological treatment) after an acute coronary syndrome with or without ST segment elevation versus an standard cardiac rehabilitation program

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed informed consent
• Equal or older 18 years old
• Acute coronary syndrome with or without ST elevation within last two months
• Being able to do physical exercise
• Being able to understand the educative sessions
• Being able to understand patient information in the consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hemodynamic instability
• Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < or = 35%
• Heart failure class III -IV (New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification)
• Refractory angina
• Any pathology for which physical exercise is not indicated