Improving outcomes after acute coronary syndrome with rehabilitation and secondary prevention

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1076-1081

  Briffa, Tom ^a,b   Chow, Clara K ^b   Clark, Alexander M ^b,c   Redfern, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIAC REHABILITATION; HEALTH OUTCOMES; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84882975607     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.07.426     Document Type: Note

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