Predictive markers of occupational activity in 415 post myocardial infarction patients after one-year follow-up.

Predictors of work resumption in 415 patients (372 male and 43 female) one year after myocardial infarction were studied. Clinical data obtained during the hospital phase and during treatment in a specialized rehabilitation centre, and a questionnaire one year after MI were analysed. Significant negative factors for re-employment were complications during the acute phase of illness and post-infarction angina.

The results of "exercise therapy in coronary prone individuals and coronary patients".

The authors followed for at least two years 483 patients (430 coronary prone patients and 53 with proved coronary heart disease), to determine whether physical training could decrease coronary risk factors and improve exercise tolerance in the trained group as compared with the conventionally treated group (way of life, diet, drugs). There was no significant difference among the two groups for blood lipid profile, blood pressure (at rest and during exercise), functional capacity and mortality. In the authors' opinion this could be explained by the inadequate training program (45 minutes twice a week) and by a possible overlapping of the groups.