Cardiac rehabilitation services: the need to develop guidelines.
BMJ Quality & SafetyPublished 1 September 1994Open access
David R. Thompson
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Multiple studies have shown that comprehensive rehabilitation programmes can produce worthwhile improvements in quality of life, and it has been recommended that they should be routinely offered to all patients with ischaemic heart disease.
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