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Lately, easier and shorter tests have been used in the functional evaluation of cardiac patients. Among these, walking speed (WS) and Timed Up and Go (TUG) tests are associated with all-cause mortality, mainly cardiovascular and the rate of re-hospitalization, especially in the elderly population. We prospectively analyzed a group of 38 patients admitted to the Cardiology Clinic from Elias Hospital, Romania, with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS)(n= 22) and STEMI (n= 16). We assessed the patients immediately after admission and before discharge with G-WALK between the 1 st and 30 th of September 2019. Our study group had a mean age of 62.7±12.1 years. Patients with a low WS were older (69.90±12.84 vs. 59.90±10.32 years, p= 0.02) and had a lower serum hemoglobin (12.38±1.20 vs. 13.72±2.07 g/dl, p= 0.02). The WS significantly improved during hospitalization (p= 0.03) after optimal treatment. The …