Refinements in method of evaluation and physical conditioning before and after myocardial infarction
| Autor: | Bruno Balke, F. J. Nagle, John Naughton |
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| Rok vydání: | 1964 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Rest Physical Exertion Myocardial Infarction Infarction Blood Pressure Electrocardiography Heart Rate Internal medicine Heart rate Humans Medicine Exertion Myocardial infarction Exercise medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Body Weight Cardiorespiratory fitness medicine.disease Obesity Cholesterol Blood pressure Exercise Test Cardiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Cardiology. 14:837-843 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9149 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9149(64)90011-6 |
| Popis: | A 54 year old white man with hypertension, obesity and an elevated serum cholesterol level volunteered for a physical training program. During the sixth week he became ill, and a repeated work-capacity test revealed physiologic evidences of myocardial insufficiency. The pre-exercise serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase level was elevated. A routine electrocardiogram four hours later revealed evidence of an acute inferoseptal myocardial infarction. The course of the disease was uneventful and uncomplicated. Two months after infarction the patient resumed a physical activity program which provided for a slow increase in metabolic demands compatible with his capacity. Repeated work-capacity tests 20 and 23 weeks after infarction showed that he responded to training in exactly the same manner as has been observed in normal, healthy individuals. At that time he was normotensive, with a normal serum cholesterol concentration and near-normal body weight. The capacity for adequate cardiorespiratory adjustments to high metabolic demands was rated as “good.” This study illustrates how performance tests can be used in evaluating the work capacity and progress of a cardiac patient. |
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