Why the study?
Do early plasma ANF levels predict subsequent exercise performance in male patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Population
90 male patients with acute myocardial infarction, mean age 66.5 +/- 9.5 years.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Day-3 ANF levels were associated with reduced exercise capacity post-MI; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
Do early plasma ANF levels predict subsequent exercise performance in male patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Early plasma ANF levels measured on day 3 post-MI are inversely correlated with exercise capacity at 1 and 6 months, particularly in patients without effort-associated ischemia.
Omland et al. (1993) studied this question.
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