The RAMIT trial, a pragmatic RCT of cardiac rehabilitation versus usual care: What does it tell us?

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 605-606

  Doherty, Patrick ^a   Lewin, Robert ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84860173889     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301728     Document Type: Editorial

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