Serious ventricular arrhythmias in a cardiac rehabilitation programme.
Over a five-year period, 2267 patients attended a cardiac rehabilitation programme. Fourteen patients developed serious ventricular arrhythmias, and most of these had severe coronary artery disease with left ventricular dysfunction. Patients with known coronary artery disease should have medically supervised exercise programmes with an immediate access to resuscitation equipment.
D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery