[The concept of myocardial infarct rehabilitation in phase III]

The benefit of outpatient rehabilitation in coronary artery disease is well documented in literature. Despite this, there is evident lack of rehabilitation facilities during phase III WHO in our country. Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation seem to be well suited to run ambulant rehabilitation programmes. Therefore we developed a comprehensive rehabilitation programme including physical training, dietary counselling and teaching lessons for patients. Physical training is strictly aerobic according to the guidelines of medical training therapy. Training time will rise systematically. To keep risks low, precise in- and exclusion criteria are defined. Regular training for the staff is mandatory. Uniformity of therapeutic interventions and documentation provide quick evaluation of therapeutic success.