Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 129-140 , March 2009

Longitudinal study of patients after myocardial infarction: Sense of coherence, quality of life, and symptoms

  • Eva Bergman, RN, MScN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden
    • ,
  • Dan Malm, RN, MScN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden
    • School of Health Sciences Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jan-Erik Karlsson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden
    • ,
  • Carina Berterö, RN, MScN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Carina Berterö, RN, MScN, PhD, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden

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 This study was partly funded by the Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden.

PII: S0147-9563(08)00102-7

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.05.007

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 129-140 , March 2009

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