Os benefícios da reabilitação cardíaca na doença coronária: uma questão de género?
Author(s) -
Diana Anjo,
Mário Santos,
Patrícia Rodrigues,
Bruno Brochado,
Maria João Sousa,
Ana Barreira,
Sofia Viamonte,
Preza Fernandes,
Antonio Hipólito Reis,
José Lopes Gomes,
Severo Torres
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
revista portuguesa de cardiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2174-2030
pISSN - 0870-2551
DOI - 10.1016/j.repc.2013.06.014
Subject(s) - medicine , chronotropic , rehabilitation , cardiology , physical therapy , percutaneous coronary intervention , coronary heart disease , heart rate , myocardial infarction , blood pressure
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in women worldwide and several studies have shown that they are under-represented in cardiac rehabilitation therapy. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of women in a cardiac rehabilitation program and to assess their response to this intervention.
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