Design of a randomized controlled trial of comprehensive rehabilitation in patients with myocardial infarction, stabilized acute coronary syndrome, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting: Akershus Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Trial (the CORE Study)

Table 1 Investigation schedule

Investigation	V ⁰	V ¹	V ⁶	V ¹²	V ¹⁸	V ²⁴	V ³⁰	V ³⁶	V42^*	V ₄₈ ^*
History	×
Clinical examination	×		×		×		×		×	×
QLMI questionnaire	A	B	B	B^†	B	B^†	B	B^†	B	B^†
Blood pressure	×		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
ECG	×		×		×		×		×	×
Laboratory tests	×		×		×		×		×	×
Smoking + S-cotinine	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Exercise level			×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Nutrition + BMI	×		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Alcohol status	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
ETT		×^†×						×		×
Medication	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Adverse events	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×

^*If applicable. ^†Patient's evaluation questionnaire. ^‡ETT at the start and the end of 8 weeks of supervised exercise training.V⁰-V⁴⁸, visits at 6-month intervals; BMI, basal metabolic index.

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