Exercise capacity prior to myocardial infarction relates inversely to enzyme activity during infarction

• Published in: International journal of cardiology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 120 - 122
• Main Authors: Berglund, Bo, Mogensen, Lars
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.04.1988; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Acute myocardial infarction; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Coronary heart disease; Creatine Kinase - blood; Enzyme release; Exercise Test; Heart; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - enzymology; Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology; Physical Fitness; Pre-infarction exercise capacity; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Acute myocardial infarction; Enzyme release; Pre-infarction exercise capacity; Human; Physical fitness; Enzymatic activity; Infarct; Creatine kinase; Myocardium; Cardiovascular disease; Serum; Coronary heart disease
• ISSN: 0167-5273; 1874-1754
• DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(88)90198-2

Epidemiological studies suggest that myocardial infarction occurs less commonly in physically fit individuals, indicating an inverse relationship between fitness and coronary arterial disease. In this study, the exercise capacity measured prior to infarction, was related to enzyme activity during subsequent infarction. Out of 512 consecutive male patients with acute infarction 35 were found who had previously performed an eligible exercise test. The exercise capacity was inversely related to enzymic activity during the infarction.