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Cardiovascular complications during exercise training of cardiac patients

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Haskell, W L·1978·Circulation

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The occurrence of major cardiovascular complications during exercise training of cardiac patients in 30 cardiac rehabilitation programs in North America was determined by questionnaire. These programs conducted medically supervised cardiac exercise classes in 103 locations and reported information on 13,570 participants who accumulated a total of 1,629,634 patient hours of supervised exercise. Cardiovascular complications were reported as nonfatal or fatal and included cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction and other. A total of 50 cardiac arrests were observed during exercise, 42 of which were successfully resuscitated while eight were fatal. Seven myocardial infarctions were reported; five were nonfatal and two were fatal. Four other fatalities were reported due to acute cardiopulmonary disorders. The average complication rate for all programs was one nonfatal and one fatal event every 34,673 and 116,402 patient hours of participation, respectively. Complication rates are lower in programs which continuously monitor the electrocardiogram during exercise and are lower when only the experience since 1970 is evaluated. These data support the recommendation that medically prescribed and supervised exercise can be performed reasonably safely by medically selected cardiac patients.

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  1. Mead WF, Pyfer HR, Trombold JC, Frederick RC: Successful resuscita- tion of near simultaneous cases of cardiac arrest with a review of fifteen cases occurring during supervised exercise. Circulation 53: 187, 1976

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Haskell, W. L.
Corresponding author
Haskell, W L
Venue
Circulation
Published
1978-05
Volume
57
Issue
5
Pages
920-924
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W1969850390
Cited by
237
References
7
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 8
FWCI
6.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
Keywords
cardiovascular complications, cardiac rehabilitation, exercise training, cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, exercise safety, ECG monitoring, supervised exercise, cardiopulmonary disease, complication incidence
MeSH terms
Coronary Disease, Exercise Test, Health Surveys, Heart Arrest, Humans, Myocardial Infarction, North America, Time Factors

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