Physical Rehabilitation in Coronary Patients Who Have Suffered from Episodes of Cardiac Failure
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- exercise and-cardiac-rehabilitation
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cardiology
- Vol. 80 (5-6) , 417-423
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000175034
Abstract
The effects of bicycle training for 5 weeks were evaluated in 12 patients after myocardial infarction with left ventricular dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction 2/kg/min: 16-20) and Group C (VO2kg/min: 10-15). Cardiopulmonary and hemodynamic parameters were evaluated during a maximal exercise test and a simultaneous catheterization of the right side of the heart before and after the training. An increase in the capacity for work was recorded in Group B (p 2/kg/min (pThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: