Using Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test as an Incentive to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation for Acute Coronary Syndrome Survivors.

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is a class I recommendation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. However, participate rate of outpatient rehabilitation is quite low and remains a global issue. The study is to propose a strategy in order to encourage post-ACS patients to participate in the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.