Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 618-621 , April 2008

Outpatient Rehabilitation in Patients With Coronary Artery and Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease

Presented at the World Congress of Cardiology, September 5, 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

  • Raban V. Jeger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Peter Rickenbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
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  • Matthias E. Pfisterer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Andreas Hoffmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Andreas Hoffmann, MD, Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation, Dept of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

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    QOL scales in patients with and without PAOD (PLC questionnaire). The comparison of PAOD versus no PAOD was not significant. All scales range from 0 to 4. Higher scores indicate better QOL, except for

    QOL scales in patients with and without PAOD (PLC questionnaire). The comparison of PAOD versus no PAOD was not significant. All scales range from 0 to 4. Higher scores indicate better QOL, except for scale 4 (negative mood). Error bars denote ±1 SD.

 Supported by the Kardiales ambulantes Rehabilitationsprogramm beider Basel, Divisions of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, and Kantonsspital Bruderholz.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01847-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.040

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 618-621 , April 2008