[The physical rehabilitation at a sanatorium of patients wearing aortic valve prostheses]

Methods and results of physical rehabilitation of 81 patients with prostheses of the aortal valve in conditions of a health resort are reported. The authors revealed a 29.2% increase of physical, working capacity and a reduction (8.2%) of oxygen expenditures per unit of work. Increase of intensity of training loads improved the results of physical rehabilitation. The role of health resort treatment in the system of postoperative rehabilitation of patients with heart valve prostheses is emphasized.