Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of Inspiratory Muscle Strength Early After Coronary Artery Bypass
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Conditions:
Coronary Artery Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
21-75 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a 6-day postoperative in hospital cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program on inspiratory muscle strength and its potential association with impro...
Detailed Description
Eligible patients were randomized to a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program (Rehab; n = 10) or to usual care (Control; n = 10). The randomization was done by the Graphpad StatMate computerized progr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Previous history of more than one vessel coronary artery disease
- Lifelong abstinence from tobacco
- Formal indication for CABG
Exclusion
- Patients older than 75 years of age
- Chronic renal failure (dialysis for more than 3 months)
- Unstable angina in the 48 hours prior to CABG
- Moderate or severe valve disease
- Complex cardiac arrhythmia's
- Stroke
- Inability to exercise the lower limbs
- Previous pulmonary disease (forced vital capacity \[FVC\] \< 80% of predicted and/or forced expiratory volume in 1 s \[FEV1\] \< 70% of predicted)
- Previous history of asthma.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00873028
Start Date
August 1 2004
End Date
January 1 2006
Last Update
April 1 2009
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 900035-903