[The immediate effectiveness of rehabilitative treatment and secondary prevention in ischemic heart disease patients at Palanga health resort].

The effectiveness of rehabilitation and secondary prevention was analysed in 1761 coronary patients treated at Palanga health resort. Rehabilitation measures were prescribed to patients on the basis of their functional state (FS), sets of cardiovascular and nervous symptoms and stress tolerance tests. The improvement of FS was observed in 74.8% of patients, while 3.1% and 19.2% of patients displayed impairment or no changes, respectively. The sets of symptoms, related to angina pectoris, stress tolerance, myocardial impairment and central nervous function, underwent the greatest variation throughout the rehabilitation treatment. Negative FS dynamics were determined by unfavorable sets of symptoms (apparent myocardial impairment, heart failure and dysrhythmias).