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J Rippe

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PubMed1987

Exercise prescription guidelines for normal and cardiac populations.

The basic components of aerobic exercise prescription include recommendations for optimal frequency, intensity, duration, mode, and progression of activity. The most effective program design involves the use of each of these components and incorporates specific coexistent medical problems and objective data derived from a multistage exercise tolerance test. In addition to the prescription of aerobic exercise, the use of circuit weight training and recreational activities has become accepted as an important part of a comprehensive exercise prescription. In effecting a well-designed and safe exercise program, the clinician must also be aware of environmental considerations and the effect of cardiac medications on the response to exercise.

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists↗
PubMed1985

Factors affecting cigarette smoking status in patients with ischemic heart disease.

To determine the factors affecting cigarette smoking status after the development of ischemic heart disease, 200 patients were studied who were hospitalized with a coronary event and enrolled in a cardiac rehabilitation program. There were significantly more current smokers (55%) among the 96 patients hospitalized with an initial presentation of a coronary event as compared to the percent of current-smokers (34%) among the 104 patients hospitalized with a recurrent coronary event (p less than 0.01). In addition to the occurrence of a prior event, increasing age also significantly discriminated ex-cigarette smokers from current smokers. Among the patients with a recurrent event ex-smokers (44%) and current smokers (34%) differed significantly with respect to age, education, occupation, negative attitudes towards smoking and peak number of cigarettes smoked. Two models were developed which were able to correctly classify 61.7 and 69.1% of the patients with regard to smoking status.

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PubMed1980

Primary myxomatous degeneration of cardiac valves. Clinical, pathological, haemodynamic, and echocardiographic profile.

Four hundred and ninety-nine surgically excised valves were examined for pathological evidence of myxomatous degeneration. Thirty-six valves (7%) had myxomatous degeneration as a major pathological finding. Fourteen valves (3%) had significant myxomatous degeneration of the pars fibrosa, a finding which we define as "primary myxomatous degeneration". Echocardiographic findings and catheterisation results were correlated with the clinical course, surgical results, and follow-up in these 14 patients. Echocardiograms in 10 of the 11 patients who had them (91%) showed abnormalities suggesting the presence of primary myxomatous degeneration. Echocardiography was more helpful than angiography in diagnosis. The histological pattern of primary mitral myxomatous degeneration appears to be identical to that seen in patients with mitral valve prolapse and five of six patients with mitral lesions had echocardiographic evidence of prolapse. None of the patients with primary myxomatous degeneration of the aortic valve had syphilis of Marfan's syndrome. While the aetiology of primary myxomatous degeneration of cardiac valves is not known, a link to a more generalised disorder is suggested.

Adult↗