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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?
- Source :
- Harvard heart letter : from Harvard Medical School. 21(12)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
Details
- ISSN :
- 10515313
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Harvard heart letter : from Harvard Medical School
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........c226c35243aa1e1e389944d85f6eb5ad