The prognostic effect of different types of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery disease.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to access and compare the prognostic effects of different types of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in patients with chronic coronary artery disease.

Methods: One hundred fifty-two patients were retrospectively divided into 4 groups according to their adherence to physical activity recommendations. Patients in groups 1 and 2 participated in the guided 3-month exercise programme.

Pathogenesis of various forms of infection in artificial hearts.

Implanted biomaterials are often inevitably attacked by the bacterial infection. So far this problem has not been sufficiently explained and solved. It represents an 'evergreen' in the artificial heart research.