Effect of an American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines Program-Based Clinical Pathway on Referral and Enrollment Into Cardiac Rehabilitation After Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1084-1087

  Mazzini, Michael J ^a   Stevens, Gerin R ^b   Whalen, Deborah ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^a   Balady, Gary J ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART REHABILITATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41349115890     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.063     Document Type: Article

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