Cardiac Rehabilitation in Congenital Heart Disease: Effects on Brain and Cognitive Functions

Launched by MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE · Jan 13, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Thanks to advances in medical research, individuals born with heart defects (Congenital Heart Disease: CHD), are now 95% more likely to reach adulthood, with around 250,000 adults with CHD currently living in Canada. CHD-related diseases and conditions are extremely common in the adult CHD population, and undermine the successes achieved by medical research. For example, compared to healthy peers, adults with CHD are between 3 to 6 times more likely to experience heart accidents or develop other heart conditions during lifetime. Adults with CHD also have more health problems, and have betwe...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • being able to read, understand and sign the information and consent form;
• • being aged 18 or more at the time of consent;
• • having a diagnosis of congenital heart disease with moderate or severe risk;
• • being referred to the EPIC center in cardiovascular rehabilitation;
• • being able to perform a maximal cardiopulmonary stress test and an exercise training program in accordance with current recommendations for cardiovascular rehabilitation;
• • having Internet access.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • recent major cardiovascular events or interventions \<3 months;
• • uncontrolled mental or psychiatric disorder in the last 6 months;
• • genetic syndromes affecting cognition;
• • excessive alcohol consumption (\> 15 drinks / week);
• • current participation in other clinical trials;
• • contraindication to stress testing and / or physical training;
• • severe intolerance to physical exercise.