Outcomes of cardiac rehabilitation with versus without a follow-up intervention rendered by telephone (Luebeck follow-up trial): overall and gender-specific effects.

The effects of a nurse-managed secondary prevention program for patients after acute cardiac events were examined. Special interest was given to gender-specific results. The design was a prospective, randomized, controlled trial involving 343 patients following 3 weeks of inpatient cardiac rehabilitation, randomly assigned to either of two study groups.