Why the study?
Can patients who have undergone surgical revascularization safely complete a marathon?
Population
Two cardiac patients who had undergone surgical revascularization
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Selected post-revascularization patients may complete marathons; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Can patients who have undergone surgical revascularization safely complete a marathon?
This early anecdotal report demonstrates that selected patients can successfully complete a marathon after coronary artery bypass surgery.
Thomas J. Bassler (1975) studied this question.
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