Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART was designed to address persistently low participation in traditional cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction. By delivering exercise-based rehabilitation remotely, the study aims to make recovery programs more accessible and convenient for patients. Unlike prior telerehabilitation studies, this trial is designed to provide robust evidence on its role in routine post-myocardial infarction care.

In this episode, Nanette Kass Wenger MD, MACC and Maria Bäck, Professor, FESC discuss Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART: a cluster randomized cross-over trial on cardiac telerehabilitation.

Related References:

1. Bäck M, Leosdottir M, Ekström M, et al. The remote exercise SWEDEHEART study-Rationale and design of a multicenter registry-based cluster randomized crossover clinical trial (RRCT). Am Heart J. 2023;262:110-118. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2023.04.014
2. Bäck M, Leosdottir M, Ekström M, et al. Feasibility, safety and patient perceptions of exercise-based cardiac telerehabilitation in a multicentre real-world setting after myocardial infarction-the remote exercise SWEDEHEART study. Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2025;6(3):508-518. Published 2025 Mar 4. doi:10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf014