Key result
A 3-4 month controlled exercise program significantly increased aerobic power in patients after acute myocardial infarction compared to an unpaired control group.
Why the study?
Does a controlled exercise program improve functional exercise capacity in patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Does a controlled exercise program improve functional exercise capacity in patients after acute myocardial infarction?
A controlled exercise program post-myocardial infarction significantly improves aerobic power, which inversely correlates with estimated infarct size.
Exercise training may boost aerobic capacity post-AMI; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Estimation of infarct size from serum creatine phosphokinase elevations of 22 acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients was compared to their functional exercise capacity determined on a bicyle ergometer. Eleven of these patients entered a controlled exercise program for 3-4 mo and were subsequently retested. Aerobic power of the exercise group increased significantly (mean +- SE 1.42 +- 0.5 met) and was also significantly greater than an unpaired control group tested the same number of months after infarct. Patients grouped 2.5-4.5 mo post-AMI demonstrated a correlation between aerobic power and estimated infarct size (r = -0.68, n = 15). This correlation was higher (r = -0.84, n = 11) after 3-4 mo of a controlled exercise program.
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Carter et al. (1977) studied Acute myocardial infarction (n=22). Controlled exercise program vs. Unpaired control group was evaluated on Aerobic power. A 3-4 month controlled exercise program significantly increased aerobic power in patients after acute myocardial infarction compared to an unpaired control group.
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