[Radiologic evaluation of effectiveness of physical training in patients with myocardial infarction].

The findings of two-projection large-image fluorography of the thorax of 134 men aged 32 to 60 with a history of myocardial infarction are presented. Physical rehabilitation of these patients was either traditional (controls) or enhanced by physical training (test group). X-Ray characteristics of the pulmonary vascular bed help to detect left ventricular insufficiency even in cases when there are no clinical symptoms of it. Time course of X-ray and cardiometrical data helps not only to assess the efficacy of training, but permits detection of the progress of left ventricular insufficiency as well. Cardiometrical parameters (volume of the heart, left ventricular coefficient, hvs index, right-atrial coefficient) may be used to predict the course of coronary heart disease in the postinfarction period.