Clinical Characteristics
From November 2016 to March 2019, a total of 76 patients were enrolled. Of these, 23 were excluded for several reasons, with poor adherence to train the main reason (figure 2). The final study population consisted of 53 participants, 27 of whom were radomized and included to the TRAINING group and 26 to the CONTROL group.
The clinical characteristics of the population are shown in table 1. The mean age in the TRAINING and CONTROL groups were 60±9 years (20 males; 74%) and 59±11 years (19 males; 73%), respectively.
There were no significant differences between groups regarding the variables related to CAD, in-hospital treatment, risk and severity of the ischemic event.
The average adherence of patients in the TRAINING group to the exercise program was 28.0±6.8 sessions (minimum of 15 and maximum of 39 sessions), reaching an overall adherence of 88%.