Mobilisation after myocardial infarction.

Randomised multicentre trial of early mobilisation after uncomplicated myocardial infarction.

In a multicentre trial 742 patients in 13 hospitals in Wales were randomly allocated on the fifth day after uncomplicated myocardial infarction to be mobilised on the fifth or the tenth day. The trial shows no difference in first year mortality, nor in morbidity assessed after a median period of 13 months. Follow-up after one year suggests an unexplained lower mortality during the second and th...

Rapid mobilisation after acute myocardial infarction. First step in rehabilitation and secondary prevention.

Self Care Behaviors in Patients after Myocardial Infarction

Introduction: One of determining and effective factors in health maintenance and prevention of progression of signs and symptoms of disease after heart attack is self care behaviors. The self care behaviors which can start after passing the acute period of disease has special importance in health maintanance and its recurrence. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine self care beha...

SERUM IgE AND BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN LEVELS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Serum IgE and beta 2 microglobulin levels were determined in 31 patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction and 30 patients with other forms of ischemic heart disease. The levels of these parameters were studied on the first, third and seventh day after the onset of disease. The immunological method used for the determinations was ELISA Patients with myocardial infarction showed an...

Revascularization after myocardial infarction.

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