Readiness for Behavior Change After a Heart Attack

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Myocardial Infarction, Stable Angina, Coronary Artery Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test if an early appointment (within 10 days) when compared to a standard appointment (5 weeks) will affect attendance at the Cardiac Rehabilitation orientation and subsequent enrollment into cardiac rehabilitation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01596036

Run by

Henry Ford Health System

People needed

150

Starts

2011-02-01

Expected to finish

2012-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Stable Angina
• Myocardial infarction
• Percutaneous coronary intervention
• willingness to participate and consent for medical record review
• willingness to complete survey's

You may not qualify if…

• Recent illicit drug use
• Unstable psychiatric condition
• Moderate or severe dementia
• Inability to follow-up
• Leaving system with plans to enroll in cardiac rehabilitation out-of-system
• Inability to exercise (amputee, severe claudication)
• Unstable medical condition that would prevent regular exercise training
• Uncorrected severe aortic stenosis or severe mitral stenosis
• Referring physician feels that exercise is contra-indicated due to safety or other patient specific factors
• CABG, LVAD, or Heart Transplant

Where it is running

• Henry Ford Hospital — Detroit, Michigan, United States

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