Five patients with ischemic heart disease experienced unpredictable ventricular fibrillation during a medically supervised exercise program and were successfully resuscitated.
Case Report (n=5)
Ventricular fibrillation can occur unpredictably during cardiac rehabilitation, emphasizing the critical need for medical supervision and immediate availability of defibrillators and appropriate drugs in exercise fitness centers.
Five patients with ischemic heart disease were resuscitated after experiencing ventricular fibrillation in a medically supervised exercise program. Four subsequently had successful myocardial revascularization (three prior to hospital discharge), and three have returned to an exercise prescription of reduced intensity. Multivessel operative coronary disease is common in patients experiencing ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular fibrillation may occur unpredictably (two to 48 months) in duration of exercise. Exercise fitness centers for such patients should be medically supervised and equipped with a defibrillator and appropriate drugs.
Gerald F. Fletcher (1977) conducted a case report in Ischemic heart disease (n=5). Medically supervised cardiac exercise program was evaluated on Ventricular fibrillation. Five patients with ischemic heart disease experienced unpredictable ventricular fibrillation during a medically supervised exercise program and were successfully resuscitated.