2.3. Exclusion Criteria
atherosclerosis obliterans, acute venous thromboembolism, diabetes mellitus, myocarditis, pericarditis, flutter, atrial fibrillation, heart failure
SYSTEMIC DISEASE, VALVULAR HEART DISEASE, DIABETES MELLITUS, HEART, NEOPLASTIC DISEASE, ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, RESPIRATORY FAILURE, ATHEROSCLEROSIS OBLITERANS, BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, PERICARDITIS, HEART FAILURE, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, COMPLICATIONS, SYMPTOMATIC AORTIC STENOSIS, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, DISEASE, MYOCARDITIS, HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY, FLUTTER, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
The exclusion criteria covered the following: the presence of contraindications to rehabilitation training; other disease states making it impossible to conduct the rehabilitation programme; life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias; lack of complete revascularization of coronary arteries; advanced atrioventricular block; newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation or flutter; pericarditis or myocarditis; severe symptomatic valvular heart disease, including symptomatic aortic stenosis; severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; heart failure according to the New York Heart Association class III and IV (or LVEF < 45%); uncontrolled arterial hypertension; uncontrolled diabetes mellitus; pulmonary hypertension class II, III, IV in accordance with the WHO functional classification; atherosclerosis obliterans of the extremities stage II, III, IV according to the Fontaine classification; acute venous thromboembolism or history within the previous year; history of revascularisation of the coronary and peripheral arteries (PCI, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty [PTA], coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) or MI in the last year; respiratory failure; advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or bronchial asthma; acute systemic diseases; active neoplastic disease; the presence of complications at puncture site enabling rehabilitation/walking.