Age-Dependency of Clinical Characteristics of Patients Participating Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Results from the German Registry of Ambulatory Cardiac Rehabilitation—KARREE

Background: Cardiovascular rehabilitation in Germany traditionally is offered as in-patient ser- vice often located far from patient's residence, and ambulatory rehabilitation still represents a minority. The German Registry of Ambulatory Cardiac Rehabilitation (KARREE) was designed to contribute to rehabilitation quality assurance and to evaluate clinical characteristics of patients participating in ambulatory rehabilitation centers. Methods: In four ambulatory rehabilitation centers 2989 patients were consecutively registered from 2008 to 2011 and evaluated with re- * Corresponding author. # Unfortunately, this author has been deceased.