Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Patients who are eligible for cardiac rehabilitation by having had a cardiac event such as a myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, percutaneous coronary intervention or angioplasty with stent, coronary artery bypass graft, or heart valve surgery in the past 6 months.
- * Lives in, or plans to reside in, the Springfield, MA, or greater Detroit, MI, area for the next year.
- * Recruited from a Phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at either Baystate Medical Center or Henry Ford Health System.
- * Age ≥ 60 years
- * Agrees to attend at least 18 sessions of cardiac rehabilitation after randomization
- * Agrees to attend cardiac rehabilitation at least twice a week
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Permanent atrial fibrillation
- * Heart transplant
- * Left-ventricular assist devices
- * Stable angina
- * High-risk un-revascularized coronary artery disease
- * Symptomatic peripheral artery disease
- * Aortic and/or mitral stenosis
- * Any condition where exercise testing or training might be unsafe or limited
Ages Eligible for Study:
60 Years to 101 Years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No