| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Ades 2000 | Non RCT |
| Senuzun 2006 | Trial experimental arm received home-based cardiac rehabilitation; the programme issued in control arm was not described |
| Sinclair 2005 | Trial experimental arm received home-based cardiac rehabilitation, while the control group did not receive centre based CR (only 6% [n=12] of the participants in the control group were referred to CR and only 3% [n=8] were known to have attended) |
| Tygesen 2001 | Both trial arms received home-based cardiac rehabilitation |