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Samuel Vaisrub, MD

JAMA. 1980;243(3):261.

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Early ambulation after myocardial infarction is no longer news. We have taken in our stride the speed with which patients traverse the trajectory of intensive coronary care unit—ward— home.¹

It may take longer to adjust to early exercise testing after myocardial infarction, even though this practice is not altogether new² and its safety has been demonstrated by a number of observers.^3,4 Until recently the main purpose in such testing has been to assess the working capacity during the convalescent phase, as indicated by untoward symptoms, ST-T wave changes, and arrhythmias.

Dillahunt and Miller⁵ have designed a study of early exercise testing with a more ambitious aim of predicting the extent of coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunctions. They accomplished this by correlating the results of a treadmill test soon after the onset of myocardial infarction, with angiographic and hemodynamic data obtained at a later date. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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