Hospital-based comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation versus usual care among patients with congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or high risk of ischemic heart disease: 12-month results of a randomized clinical trial

Ann-Dorthe Olsen Zwisler, Anne Merete Boas Soja, Søren Rasmussen, Marianne Frederiksen, Sadollah Abedini, Sadollah Abadini, Jon Appel, Hanne Toftgaard Rasmussen, Christian Gluud, Lars Iversen, Bjarne Mühldorff Sigurd, Mette Madsen, Jørgen Fischer-Hansen, DANREHAB Group

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Abstract

Current guidelines broadly recommend comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CCR), although evidence for this is still limited. We investigated the 12-month effect of hospital-based CCR versus usual care (UC) for a broadly defined group of cardiac patients within the modern therapeutic era of cardiology.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Heart Journal
Volume155
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)1106-13
Number of pages8
ISSN0002-8703
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2008

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Heart Failure
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index

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