Purpose: To determine the relationship between physical activity and the presence of coronary cardio pathologyin senior citizens from the Virgen del Carmen Community, La Era, Lima, Peru 2008. Methodology: Thepresent research was a non-experimental, cross-sectional study; for this purpose it was utilize a survey referentto physical activity for the Virgen del Carmen Community senior citizens, whose age were between 65 yearsold to older, performed during the months of October, 2008. The sample was obtained from 65 senior citizenswho were home visited. Results: The previous reference about the type of exercise performed was soccer asthe most practiced, 27.7%. In the same way the majority performed exercises every day, 47.7%. At the presentthe major group practice walking as their exercise, 72.3%; and they perform it every day, 53.8%. In referenceabout the presence of coronary illnesses it w...