The Efficacy and Economics of Exercise Maintenance Post-Cardiac Rehabilitation

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patient has New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure (because this might interfere with the ability to achieve recommended exercise levels and to ensure homogeneity of the patient population)
• •Patient is pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant during the study period (because this might interfere with the ability to achieve recommended exercise levels)
• •Patient is unable to read and understand English or French
• •Planning to leave the province or region in the next 12 months
• •Member of the participant's household is already participating in the study
• •The participant is unable, in the opinion of the qualified investigator, to participate in unsupervised exercise.