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Abstract

There is an established link between smoking abnormal heart rate; blood pressure and impaired cardiovascular health in middle aged or older population .Objective of the study to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking on heart rate and blood pressure during exercise test and recovery period in angina pectoris' patients. Method :The sample consisted of (50) patients with Angina Pectoris who were systematically selected one by one from those attend to medical clinic for exercise test in Baghdad teaching hospital. The study was carried out during the period between September2016 to March 2017. Their age range was (20-70) with a mean age (53.54) years. They were divided into two groups, smokers group who had smoked 20 or more cigarettes per day for at least three smoking years. Non-smokers had never smoked. Results: Leg pain and fatigue was the main for the early stopping of the test. There is our results of this study also showed that increased in mean for the systolic blood pressure from (151.67 to173.33) and heart rate from (97.08 to125.50) were significant increase in the patients who were smoking between the rest and maximum exercise test. Conclusion: It has been found that smoking affects patients with angina pectoris, decreasing the capacity of their circulatory system. Therefore, it is recommended that cigarette smokers should be given strong encouragement to stop smoking as part of any effort to improve physical fitness

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