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%.