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      Physical Exercise Increases Survival after an Experimental Myocardial Infarction in Rats

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          To directly evaluate the effect of physical exercise on survival, 80 rats were randomly assigned to either sedentary life (n = 40) or physical exercise 7 days/week during 6 weeks (n = 40), starting 2 weeks after coronary ligation. All animals were followed daily for 183 days. Size of myocardial infarction was determined by planimetry of serial histologic sections of the left ventricle. Physical exercise had no effect on survival in the total treatment group. However, rats with large myocardial infarctions, randomized to physical exercise, had significantly (p = 0.03) better survival (50%) after 6 months than control rats (17%) with large infarctions.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1998
          July 1998
          14 August 1998
          : 90
          : 1
          : 28-31
          Affiliations
          a Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, Surgery and Rehabilitation, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, b Department of Medicine, Danderyd Hospital, Danderyd, Sweden
          Article
          6812 Cardiology 1998;90:28–31
          10.1159/000006812
          9693167
          cf033b55-0651-4a05-869d-d9af9d75e096
          © 1998 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 4
          Categories
          General Cardiology, Basic Science

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Myocardial infarction,Mortality,Animal experiments,Exercise

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