[Is individual risk related to physical activity predictable in cardiac patient?].
Benefits of regular physical activity in cardiac patients far outweigh its risk. Thus this practice must be always recommended. However, during exercise, acute hazard of cardiovascular event is transitory increased. The individual risk must be evaluated in these patients. Precise evaluation is still difficult. It must be based on cardiac disease and its specific gravity criteria, drugs efficacy, physical activity related symptoms, physical activity and practitioner patterns and physician's own experience.
Carré
François
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Unité biologie et médecine du sport, CHU Pontchaillou, INSERM U 642, Université Rennes 1, Rennes Cedex 35033, France. francois.carre@chu-rennes.fr
D000075202:Contraindications; D005080:Exercise Test; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome