Cholesterol awareness and treatment in patients with coronary artery disease participating in cardiac rehabilitation

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Merz, C Noel Bairey ^a,b   Felando, Mary N ^a,b   Klein, Jacob ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cholesterol awareness; coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; AWARENESS; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 0029932763     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-199603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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