The effect of referral for cardiac rehabilitation on survival following acute myocardial infarction: A comparison survival in two cohorts collected in 1995 and 2003

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-171

  Lewinter, Christian ^a   Bland, John M ^a   Crouch, Simon ^a   Doherty, Patrick ^b   Lewin, Robert J ^a   Køber, Lars ^c   Hall, Alistair S ^d,e   Gale, Christopher P ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; Cardiac rehabilitation; determinants of referral; mortality; prognosis; time dependency

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CARDIAC REHABILITATION; DETERMINANTS OF REFERRAL; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; TIME DEPENDENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893482089     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312469124     Document Type: Article

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