P48 Attendance rates and response to pulmonary rehabilitation
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Attendance rates and outcomes of cardiac rehabilitation in Victoria, 1998.
OBJECTIVE To describe the patterns of use of cardiac rehabilitation in Victoria and to assess whether the survival benefits predicted in clinical trials have been realised in the community. DESIGN Cohort study based on data linkage. PARTICIPANTS All patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.150961.48