Ask the doctor. I spend part of every summer on the coast of Maine. One of the things I love to do there is swim in the ocean for 20 or 30 minutes. The water is cold (55° F) but I don't mind. I'm almost 80. I had my mitral valve repaired five years ago, and my heart rate is sometimes irregular. Are my cold-water swims okay for my heart?

Subjects

Subjects :

Cold Temperature
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Heart Rate
Risk Factors
Humans
Mitral Valve
Swimming

Details

ISSN :

10515313

Volume :

21

Issue :

12

Database :

OpenAIRE

Journal :

Harvard heart letter : from Harvard Medical School

Accession number :

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