Is cardiac rehabilitation fit for purpose in the NHS: Maybe not

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 607-608

  Wood, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84860201022     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301811     Document Type: Editorial

References (11)

1. Heran BS, Chen JM, Ebrahim S, et al. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011;(7):CD001800.
2. Acute myocardial infarction: pre-hospital and inhospital management. The Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 1996;17:43-63.
3. West RR, Jones DA, Henderson AH. Rehabilitation after myocardial infarction trial (RAMIT): multi-centre randomised controlled trial of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation in patients following acute myocardial infarction. Heart 2012;98:637-44.
4. Coats A, McGee H, Stokes H, et al, eds. BACR Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995.
5. Wood DA, Durrington P, Poulter N, et al. Joint British recommendations on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice. Heart 1998;80:S1-29.
6. Wood DA, Kotseva K, Connolly S, et al EUROACTION Study Group. Nurse-coordinated multidisciplinary, family-based cardiovascular disease prevention programme (EUROACTION) for patients with coronary heart disease and asymptomatic individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a paired, cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2008;371:1999-2012. (Pubitemid 351799857)
7. Connolly S, Holden A, Turner E, et al. MyAction: an innovative approach to the prevention of cardiovascular disease in the community. Br J Cardiol 2011;18:171-6.
8. British Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation and British Cardiovascular Society Standards and Core Components for Cardiac Rehabilitation. 2007.
9. Commissioning a Cardiac Rehabilitation Service. Department of health Commissioning pack. 2011.
10. Lewin RJP, Petre C, Dale V, et al. The National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation: Annual Statistical Report 2011. London: British Heart Foundation, 2011 http://www.cardiacrehabilitation.org.uk/nacr
11. Kotseva K, Wood D, De Backer G, et al; on behalf of EUROASPIRE study group. Use and effects of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease: results from the EUROASPIRE III survey. Euro J Prevent Cardiol. In press.