Lifestyle and Physiological Risk Factor Profiles Six Weeks After An Acute Cardiac Event: Are Patients Achieving Recommended Targets for Secondary Prevention?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 446-451

  Murphy, Barbara M ^a,b   Worcester, Marian U C ^a,b   Goble, Alan J ^a   Mitchell, Fiona ^a   Navaratnam, Hema ^a   Higgins, Rosemary O ^a   Elliott, Peter C ^a,b   Le Grande, Michael R ^a  

^a Heart Research Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Coronary heart disease; Health behaviours; Risk factors; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX RATIO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958754582     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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