EXERCISE TRAINING AND BLOOD-VISCOSITY IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC-HEART-DISEASE

Several studies have suggested that regular exercise in healthy person s improves blood viscosity.(1-5) Regular exercise and exercise trainin g have been shown to have several beneficial effects, including the pr evention and modification of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabe tes mellitus, and obesity, and to have a role in both the primary and secondary prevention of coronary vascular events.(6) Whether exercise training, as prescribed in standard cardiac rehabilitation programs, c an improve blood theology has not been previously investigated. This s tudy assesses whether a standard 10-week program of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise training had beneficial effects on whole blood visco sity and the factors that influence it among consecutive patients with ischemic heart disease who enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation.