The A.M.I(acute myocardiac Infarction) treated in Rehabilitation programs May be divided Into three general types, 1. mechanlcal derangement. 2. Increased resistance to blood flow. 3. decreased Energy production. in each case the heart Will be Limited in its ability to respond. to the demands of metabolic activites. cardiac rehabilitation programs following myocardiac infarction are of two general types:acute and delayed. There are fundamental differences in the philosophies, pathophilogical concepts, and psycosocial values in the two approach. both programs asplre to protect the patient through the period of Maximal risk and then safely restore him to a near normal home life and appropriate vocatlonal activity. Both programs assume that physical activity and emotional stress. increase the work of the heart and with it increase the likefood of venticular fibillation