Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival in Older Coronary Patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Suaya, Jose A ^a   Stason, William B ^a   Ades, Philip A ^b   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^c   Shepard, Donald S ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AMI; CABG; cardiac rehabilitation; coronary heart disease; elderly

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449106535     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.078     Document Type: Article

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