Smartphone prehab: could remote coaching slash heart surgery risks?
NCT ID NCT07391683
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a structured telemedicine program before heart surgery can reduce complications in people with heart failure. The program includes education, medication adjustments, remote monitoring, and supervised exercise. Researchers will compare outcomes like death, need for life support, and ICU stay between the telemedicine group and standard care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telemedicine-assisted prehabilitation program (education, medication optimization, monitoring, exercise)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new standard of care to help heart failure patients have safer heart surgery and recover faster.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (162 people) and the program is complex, so it may be hard to tell which part helps. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of Innsbruck - Department of Cardiology & Department of Cardiac Surgery
RECRUITINGInnsbruck, Tyrol, 6020, Austria