American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 6 , Pages 1106-1113 , June 2008

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, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, PhD, Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research, Rigshospitalet, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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  • Anne Merete Boas Soja, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Søren Rasmussen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Marianne Frederiksen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Sadollah Abadini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Jon Appel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Hanne Rasmussen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Christian Gluud, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Lars Iversen, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Bjarne Sigurd, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Mette Madsen, MSc

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Jørgen Fischer-Hansen, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • for the DANREHAB Group

Received 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 26 December 2007.

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☆ Financial support was granted by Copenhagen Hospital Corporation Research Council, Danish Heart Foundation, Danish Pharmacy Foundation of 1991, Danish Research Council, Danish Center for Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment, Denmark's Ministry of the Interior and Health, Development Fund of Copenhagen County, Villadsen Family Foundation, Eva and Henry Frænkel's Memorial Foundation, Builder LP Christensen's Foundation, Danish Animal Protection Foundation, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Merck Sharp and Dohme, AstraZeneca, The Copenhagen Trial Unit, and Bispebjerg Hospital.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00070-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.12.033

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 6 , Pages 1106-1113 , June 2008

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