CARDIAC REHABILITATION - EVIDENCE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION AND FUNCTION

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 61  (11) , 517-522
Abstract
Patients (16) with coronary heart disease (CHD) were studied with rest and exercise Tl scans and gated radionuclide ventriculography before and after 3-12 mo. of exercise training. The 5 patients presented showed improvement in the ejection fraction and exercise Tl images after training while achieving a higher maximal workload and an equivalent double product. These radionuclide techniques provided the 1st documentation of improvement in myocardial perfusion and function in CHD patients after exercise training. A controlled study using advances in imaging technology with patients matched according to postmyocardial infarction time and by the severity of disease is underway time and by the severity of disease is underway to confirm these findings.