Secondary prevention among cardiac patients not referred to cardiac rehabilitation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-

  Johnson, Natalie A ^a   Inder, Kerry J ^a   Nagle, Amanda L ^b   Wiggers, John H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 61349137628     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02323.x     Document Type: Letter

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