PHYSICAL-TRAINING WITH ELDERLY CARDIAC PATIENTS

Mean age of patients in cardiac rehabilitation significantly increased in the past 10 years. Sex-related differences in cardiac training can be recognized in elderly cardiac patients as well as in younger ones with about 25%. Maximal word load and maximal heart rate of symptom-limited exercise test are good measures for training load in elderly and in younger cardiac patients. Physical capacity in elderly patients after valvular surgery is lower than after myocardial infarction or aortocoronary bypass surgery. Gain of physical capacity by cardiac rehabilitation training is possible in elderly as well as in younger cardiac patients. Parameters of left ventricular function are important to recognize.