[Changes in the hormonal profile in patients with ischemic heart disease during physical training]

Changes in blood insulin, thyroxine, triiodothyronine, thyrotropin, somatotropin, corticotropin, cortisol, and aldosterone were defined in 46 male patients with coronary heart disease during daily graded exercises performed on a bicycle ergometer for 30 days. The exercises led to improvement of health in 44 patients. There was a significant reduction in baseline insulin and aldosterone levels and a tendency to lower corticotropin and triiodothyronine concentrations. The amounts of somatotropin, thyrotropin, thyroxine, and cortisol failed to greatly change during the exercise.