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The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on exercise capacity increase patients with STEMI with regard to their age, gender, Body Mass Index (BMI), ejection fraction (EF), concomitant diabetes and nicotine dependence. The effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation was assessed by exercise ECG (electrocardiogram) stress test or the 6-min walk test, prior to and after cardiac rehabilitation completion. Methods: The study group included 100 randomly selected patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation after STEMI, aged 40\u201375 years, with BMI \u2264 40 kg\/m2, with controlled arterial hypertension, without anemia and any pulmonary comorbidities. Results: The study patients\u2019 exercise capacity was observed to have increased significantly (+1 metabolic equivalent (MET) in exercise ECG stress test and +75.4 m in the 6-min walk test) regardless of their gender, age, BMI and nicotine dependence. Conclusions: This study proved that every patient with STEMI could benefit from cardiac rehabilitation. 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