Rehabilitation after myocardial infarction or coronary surgery is of as much benefit to elderly as to younger patients;Rehabilitering efter hjärtinfarkt eller kranskärlskirurgi: Äldre patienter har lika stor nytta av träning som yngre

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 36, 1998, Pages 3778-3784

  Perk, Joep ^a,b  

^a Medicinoch Rehabiliteringskliniken   (Sweden)

^b Oskarshamns Sjukhus   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; SWEDEN; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SWEDEN; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032475195     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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