Predictors of Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral in Coronary Artery Disease Patients. Findings From the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines Program

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-521

  Brown, Todd M ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^b   Bittner, Vera ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^c   Ellrodt, Gray ^d   Liang, Li ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Piña, Ileana L ^e   Safford, Monika M ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; coronary artery disease; exercise; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BYPASS SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651098878     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.080     Document Type: Article

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