[Special aspects of physical training during the rehabilitation stage of coronary patients].

Practical aspects: Physical exercise is a basic component of the rehabilitation program for patients recuperating from myocardial infarction or bypass surgery. The aim of exercise is to enhance physical performance by improving coordination, flexibility, strength, speed and endurance. The training concept is matched to the individual capability, which is determined by an exercise test at the beginning of the rehabilitation program.

[Follow-up (4.6 years) of patients with latent cardiomyopathy].

25 patients with latent cardiomyopathy (LCM) (filling pressure elevated during exercise) were followed. After 4.6 years 15 patients were re-examined (10 female, 5 male, mean age at first examination 47 years).

[Significance of the ejection fraction at rest and by stress using radionuclide ventriculography for the prognosis of myocardial infarct patients--comparison with other study methods].

We examined 221 patients with postmyocardial infarctions 8 weeks after MI using radionuclide ventriculography (RNVA) at rest (EFR) and during supine submaximal exercise (delta EF). Mortality rates were evaluated 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 years later by interviewing patients and/or their homephysicians. Sixteen patients were dead (6.