[Prediction of the course of post-infarction cardiosclerosis]

On the basis of veloergometric testing and discriminant analysis carried out in 178 patients with a history of myocardial infarction a formula was designed for preventive evaluation of the course of the disease for a two-year period. This method allows to single out patients with an unfavourable course of the disease even in case of satisfactory tolerance of physical loads during initial examination. The prognosis efficacy was 75%.