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Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease – Provision, Attendance, and Outcomes: Results from the INTERASPIRE Survey from Fourteen Countries Across Six WHO Regions Cover

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease – Provision, Attendance, and Outcomes: Results from the INTERASPIRE Survey from Fourteen Countries Across Six WHO Regions

Global Heart
Volume 20 (2025): Issue 1
By: Kornelia Kotseva,  Dirk De Bacquer,  Catriona Jennings,  John William McEvoy,  Lars Ryden,  Kausik K. Ray,  Gregory Y. H. Lip,  Iris Erlund,  Sandra Ganly,  Terhi Vihervaara,  Agnieszka Adamska,  Ana Abreu,  Wael Almahmeed,  Ade Meidian Ambari,  Susan Connolly,  Junbo Ge,  Irene Gibson,  Hosam Hasan-Ali,  Sue Hennessy,  Yong Huo,  Piotr Jankowski,  Rodney M. Jimenez,  Jennifer Jones,  Yong Li,  Ahmad Syadi Mahmood Zuhdi,  Abel Makubi,  Amam Chinyere Mbakwem,  Lilian Mbau,  Jose Luis Navarro Estrada,  Okechukwu Samuel Ogah,  Elijah Nyainda Ogola,  Adalberto Quintero–Baiz,  Mahmoud Umar Sani,  Maria Ines Sosa Liprandi,  Jack Wei Chieh Tan,  David R Thompson,  Miguel Alberto Urina Triana,  Tee Joo Yeo,  David Wood,  Guy G. De Backer and  on behalf of the INTERASPIRE Investigators  
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1458 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
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Language: English
Submitted on: May 10, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 4, 2025
Published on: Sep 2, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
cardiac rehabilitation,
INTERASPIRE,
coronary heart disease,
secondary prevention,
referral

© 2025 Kornelia Kotseva, Dirk De Bacquer, Catriona Jennings, John William McEvoy, Lars Ryden, Kausik K. Ray, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Iris Erlund, Sandra Ganly, Terhi Vihervaara, Agnieszka Adamska, Ana Abreu, Wael Almahmeed, Ade Meidian Ambari, Susan Connolly, Junbo Ge, Irene Gibson, Hosam Hasan-Ali, Sue Hennessy, Yong Huo, Piotr Jankowski, Rodney M. Jimenez, Jennifer Jones, Yong Li, Ahmad Syadi Mahmood Zuhdi, Abel Makubi, Amam Chinyere Mbakwem, Lilian Mbau, Jose Luis Navarro Estrada, Okechukwu Samuel Ogah, Elijah Nyainda Ogola, Adalberto Quintero–Baiz, Mahmoud Umar Sani, Maria Ines Sosa Liprandi, Jack Wei Chieh Tan, David R Thompson, Miguel Alberto Urina Triana, Tee Joo Yeo, David Wood, Guy G. De Backer, on behalf of the INTERASPIRE Investigators, published by Ubiquity Press
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