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Are cardiac rehabilitation programs underutilized by patients with coronary heart disease?

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Squires, R. Are cardiac rehabilitation programs underutilized by patients with coronary heart disease?. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 192–193 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1128

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