TY - JOUR AU - Pater, Cornel AU - Ditlef Jacobsen, Carl AU - Rollag, Arnfinn AU - Sandvik, Leiv AU - Erikssen, Jan AU - Karin Kogstad, Else PY - 2000 DA - 2000/11/29 TI - Design of a randomized controlled trial of comprehensive rehabilitation in patients with myocardial infarction, stabilized acute coronary syndrome, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting: Akershus Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Trial (the CORE Study) JO - Trials SP - 177 VL - 1 IS - 3 AB - 1. To assess the long-term effectiveness of a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme on quality of life and survival in patients with a large spectrum of cardiovascular diseases (myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting). 2. To establish the degree of correlation between expected improvement of health-related quality of life and improvement in physical function attributable to rehabilitation in the intervention group, in comparison with similar changes in the conventional care group. SN - 1745-6215 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/cvm-1-3-177 DO - 10.1186/cvm-1-3-177 ID - Pater2000 ER -