A Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Home-Based Training with Telemonitoring Guidance Versus Center-Based Training in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: Rationale and Design of the Tele-Rehabilitation in Coronary Heart Disease (TRiCH) Study

Andrea Avila¹, Kaatje Goetschalckx^2,3, Luc Vanhees¹ and Véronique A Cornelissen^1*

¹Research Group for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, E-mail: veronique.cornelissen@faber.kuleuven.be

²Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, E-mail: veronique.cornelissen@faber.kuleuven.be

³Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, E-mail: veronique.cornelissen@faber.kuleuven.be

^*Corresponding Author: Véronique A Cornelissen, Research Group for Cardiovascular and Rehabilitation Science, Tervuursevest, 101 B 1501, 3001 Leuven, Belgium, Tel: 003216329152 Email: