Return to full normal activities including work at two weeks after acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 952-958

  Kovoor, Pramesh ^a   Lee, Astin K Y ^a   Carrozzi, Fiona ^a   Wiseman, Virginia ^b   Byth, Karen ^a   Zecchin, Robert ^a   Dickson, Cheryl ^a   King, Madeline ^b   Hall, Jane ^b   Ross, David Leslie ^a   Uther, John Bryant ^a   Denniss, Alan Robert ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SMOKING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 33645055969     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.10.040     Document Type: Article

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