Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 179-186 , May 2005

Effect of a postoperative telephone intervention on attendance at intake for cardiac rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

  • Karen Harkness, BScN

      Affiliations

    • Hamilton Health Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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  • Kelly M. Smith, MSc

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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  • Lisa Taraba, MEd, RD

      Affiliations

    • City of Hamilton Public Health and Community Services Department, Ontario, Canada.
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  • Cheri L. MacKenzie, MSc

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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  • Elizabeth Gunn, BKin

      Affiliations

    • Hamilton Health Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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  • Heather M. Arthur, RN, PhD, NFESC

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Heather M. Arthur, RN, PhD, McMaster University, HSC 2J29, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.

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 Supported by the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation (grant 92342).

PII: S0147-9563(04)00170-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.07.010

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 179-186 , May 2005

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