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Few studies related to the importance of inpatient phase of cardiac rehabilitation and the percentage and full execution of phase I during admission have focused on its importance. The main goal of this study is evaluation and discussion about the importance and correct execution of phase I cardiac rehabilitation in Tehran city hospitals. Eleven hospitals among the governmental and nongovernmental ones which have cardiac surgery sections were chosen randomly. To gain the main purpose of study, we used a questionnaire that was prepared according to American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation [AACVPR] guideline. The questionnaires were sent to the heads of the cardiac rehabilitation departments by educated personnel in a two weeks period. These forms contained ten specialized questions with different scores about evaluation of the quality of phase I cardiac rehabilitation performance and attention to it. The scores were used in SPSS software to analysis the data. The results showed that only 10