Connect
MJA
MJA

    Secondary prevention among cardiac patients not referred to cardiac rehabilitation

    Natalie A Johnson, Kerry J Inder, Amanda L Nagle and John H Wiggers
    Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 161. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02323.x
    Published online: 2 February 2009

    To the Editor: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an underutilised evidence-based treatment.1

    • Natalie A Johnson1
    • Kerry J Inder1
    • Amanda L Nagle2
    • John H Wiggers3,1

    • 1 School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW.
    • 2 National Heart Foundation of Australia, NSW Division, Sydney, NSW.
    • 3 Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Health Service, Newcastle, NSW.

    Acknowledgements: 

    Natalie Johnson’s contribution to this project during 1998–2001 was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Public Health Postdoctoral Fellowship (Regkey 964208). We acknowledge the significant contribution of the late Mrs Janet Fisher to data collection and management, and thank the Heart and Stroke Outcomes Council for permission to use the data.

    Author
    remove_circle_outline Delete Author
    add_circle_outline Add Author
    Comment
    Do you have any competing interests to declare? *
    I/we agree to assign copyright to the Medical Journal of Australia and agree to the Conditions of publication *
    I/we agree to the Terms of use of the Medical Journal of Australia *
    Email me when people comment on this article
    Responses are now closed for this article.