Short-term comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation after AMI is associated with reduced 1-year mortality: Results from the OMEGA study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1060-1069

  Rauch, Bernhard ^a   Riemer, Thomas ^b   Schwaab, Bernhard ^c   Schneider, Steffen ^b   Diller, Frank ^b   Gohlke, Helmut ^d   Schiele, Rudolf ^e   Katus, Hugo ^f   Gitt, Anselm ^a   Senges, Jochen ^b  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b Institut fuer Herzinfarktforschung   (Germany)

^c Curschmann Klinik   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^e Klinikum Friedrichshafen   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; mortality; prevention; prognosis; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 ACID ETHYL ESTER; PLACEBO; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS; ADULT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEATH; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906540302     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313486040     Document Type: Article

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