Email this article American physician Samuel A. Levine and his contribution into the cardiac rehabilitation
- Authors: Aronov D.M.
- Issue: Vol 12, No 1 (2021)
- Pages: 4-4
- Section: Short Survey
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2221-7185/article/view/70900
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/CS70900
- ID: 70900
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The greatest contribution to the formation of the modern concept of early, from the first days of acute myocardial infarction (MI), activation of patients and a decisive rejection of the conservative tactics of long-term immobilization was made in 1952 by the American cardiologist Samuel Albert Levine, who recommended the treatment of patients in a chair. In one of his articles, he called the allegedly protective myocardial effect of strict bed rest for cardiac patients a myth [1].
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David M. Aronov
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- Levine SA. The management of patients with heart failure. JAMA 1940; 20: 1715–9.
- Levine SA, Lown B. “Armchair” treatment of acute coronary thrombosis. J Am Med Assoc 1952; 148 (16): 1365–9.
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