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M J Halhuber

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1995

[Organization of cardiologic rehabilitation in central Europe: retrospect, present, future outlook].

Cardiological rehabilitation, the comprehensive efficient treatment of chronic cardiac patients, is presented with regard to its difficult theoretical and practical development from the viewpoint of a senior specialist in this field practising in Central Europe. The accompanying WHO lifestyle concept is now considered to be scientifically well-founded, but has not yet been practically implemented on a large scale nor incorporated in the teaching schedule. A requirement for the future is a special medical philosophy for chronic heart patients, i.e., further development of the theoretical basis of rehabilitation, practical application of the scientific recommendations on the importance of life-style alterations, a greatly improved network of all doctors treating chronic heart patients, updating of the training of general medical specialists as well as cardiologists in Public Health, and intensified objective assessment of research on the cardiological rehabilitation of in- and outpatients.

Combined Modality Therapy↗
PubMed1981

[Ventricular arrhythmias and left ventricular function in coronary artery disease. A study by M-mode echocardiography and 24-hour Holter-monitoring (author's transl)].

In 82 patients with coronary artery disease, most of them having had transmural myocardial infarction, left ventricular function was studied with M-mode echocardiography. Furthermore 24-hour Holter-monitoring was done to determine the maximal degree of ventricular premature contractions (VPC's) according to the classification of Lown. The degree of VPC's was then plotted against echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular function. Confronting the subgroup of patients with Lown grade 0--II with those of grades III and IV, for all parameters significant differences of the mean values could be demonstrated. Parameter "distance E-point of the anterior mitral leaflet--left ventricular septal wall" shows 84% sensitivity; fractional shortening gives 88% specificity. Combination of all four parameters shows 90% specificity, which makes M-mode echocardiography a valuable diagnostic method in identifying those patients with coronary artery disease and malignant arrhythmias who have an increased risk of sudden death.

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