Two cases of ventricular fibrillation occurring during a physician-directed exercise program are described. Both were successfully resuscitated. No single clinical parameter can predict which patient is at increased risk for exercise-in duced ventricular fibrillation. We conclude that all cardiac patients who wish to exercise should do so only with physician supervision.
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