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P Burridge

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PubMed1981

A multi-disciplinary coronary rehabilitation programme: three years initial experience.

We have established a multi-disciplinary cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with a variety of cardiac problems. The majority are post-myocardial infarction patients who attend the programme from the time of their early mobilisation on the ward until the end of their convalescence. In this paper we describe the programme and the way in which we have attempted an initial assessment of its impact on the psychosocial and medical status of patients one year after infarction. The results of this assessment do not, on the whole, support our strong impression of the value of such treatment. The reasons for this apparent discrepancy will be discussed.

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PubMed1981

Pre-discharge exercise testing involving weight carrying after myocardial infarction.

Exercise testing involving weight carrying was undertaken on 36 consecutive men under the age of 70 years at a mean of 12.2 days after myocardial infarction before their discharge from hospital. The test consisted of four stages: walking for 3 minutes at 5.3 km/h, carrying a 13.6 kg weight for 3 min at a speed of 4.4 km/h, holding a 22.7 kg weight with the arm flexed for 1 min and carrying the 22.7 kg weight for 1 min at a speed of 2.6 km/h. Twenty-four (66 percent) men completed all four stages during which mean maximal heart rate and systolic blood pressure were 143/min and 166 mmHg respectively. No test was discontinued because of arrhythmias and complex ventricular arrhythmias occurred in only one man. On subsequent maximal treadmill testing on 32 of these subjects at a mean of 7.2 weeks post-infarction, significantly more of those completing the pre-discharge test achieved an average work capacity for their age. As a result of this study, we believe that exercise testing of this type involving weight carrying can be helpful in the management of patients convalescing after myocardial infarction.

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