Current Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Austria

Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Austria

Aim of this study is to give evidence to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria. The database created in this context is supposed to pave the way as instrument to document and comprehend quality of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria as a key for quality management. Analyses of the created database should be made on a regular basis.

Inclusion Criteria:

Any patient who meets inclusion criteria for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria -

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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