An Actual State of a Daily Physical Activity in the Chronic Stage of Myocardial Infarction and a Proposal of an Optimal Exercise Therapy : 53rd Annual Scienific Seeesion of the Japanese Circulation Society

An optimal target of exercise therapy for the chronic stage of myocardial infarction (OMI) was proposed by investigating a daily total energy consumption (DTEC) in 172 outpatients (142 males and 30 females) with OMI. DTEC was significantly lower in OMI than in the preinfarction state : 2005.8±487.8 vs. 2451.6±631.7 Kcal (p 60, house-wife, joblessness and female, sex, and cardiac limiting factors included; NYHA class II, III, low anaerobic threshold (AT), treadmill exercise tolerance of <6 min. Forrester subset III, IV, heart failure in OMI and the recurrence of MI. Eighty percent of patients without cardiac limiting factors restricted DPA by 25% of DTEC of the preinfarction state. Our optimal target of exercise therapy for OMI was set to resume DTEC up to the level before MI. For patients without exercise habits, activities requiring 100 to 150 Kcal a day were requested. Also, this regimen had an educational purpose to obtain self-confidence both mentally and physically and was expected to raise the level of DPA to that of preinfarction state.