✅  Successful rehabilitation of a patient after an acute heart attack.

✅  Successful rehabilitation of a patient after an acute heart attack.

❤️‍🩹In general, myocardial infarction is the culmination of the progression of pathological changes in the vascular walls of the heart. This disease is characterized by a high level of disability and mortality, especially without adequate emergency care. But even after successful surgical treatment aimed at restoring blood supply to the heart, the next important step for the patient is cardiac rehabilitation.

🔋The result of effective and successful rehabilitation is a significant improvement in the quality and duration of the patient's life, an increase in the productivity and economy of the heart muscle, and the minimization of repeated cardiovascular disasters in the future.

❗️It is important that the patient has confidence that he is doing everything necessary to restore his health after acute heart disease.

A 62-year-old patient with a Q-wave myocardial infarction of the lower wall of the left ventricle after successful urgent stenting was admitted to the clinic. So now he needed correction of drug treatment, professional cardiac rehabilitation and education on leading a healthy lifestyle.

An 8-week course of cardiac rehabilitation was conducted at our clinic with the participation of a multidisciplinary team consisting of a cardiologist, a doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine, a psychologist and a dietitian.

To objectively assess the effectiveness of our measures, we used the baseline and repeated results of a stress test on a bicycle ergometer with the establishment of limit figures of METs (metabolic equivalent) at maximum load.

🚶🏻During the rehabilitation process, the patient experienced a progressive improvement in his general condition, noting a decrease, and then the disappearance, of shortness of breath when climbing stairs, an increase in the distance of walking without significant heart palpitations and fatigue.

🔝At the final stage of rehabilitation measures, we received a good result in the form of an increase in the metabolic equivalent index equal to +1 MET (from 5.2METs to 6.2METs). The patient was satisfied and promised to continue training with the recommendations of our team.

🥇Therefore, for the first time we report on successful measures of evidence-based cardio-rehabilitation in outpatient conditions of patients with heart disease based on our clinic. 

Author of the text: Mykola Khrushch - doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine