Cardiac rehabilitation: Something old - something new - more to do

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Fletcher, Gerald F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 34247638684     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCR.0000265016.26285.53     Document Type: Editorial

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