[Possibilities of improving medical and socioeconomic effectiveness of the treatment of patients with myocardial infarct by physical training during posthospital stage of rehabilitation].

Two groups of patients with myocardial infarction were compared for outcomes of rehabilitation. In group 1, rehabilitative therapy was performed by using conventional methods. In group 2, that was done on the basis of early activation and application of physical trainings 2 weeks following myocardial infarction. Physical trainings caused an increase in exercise tolerance and myocardial contractility and a decrease in left ventricular failure, which enhanced the proportion of individuals who returned to work and diminished deaths at a 2-year follow-up.