Cardiac rehabilitation mortality trends: How far from a true picture are we?

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 593-595

  Doherty, Patrick ^a   Rauch, Geraldine ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84876132874     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303365     Document Type: Editorial

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