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Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness in the Corporate Setting

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Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

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Healthcare systems throughout Europe are feeling the strain due to the ever increasing demands made upon them to provide treatments and solutions for many cardiovascular related diseases (CV). The corporate setting provides an ideal location for delivering both cardiac rehabilitation and preventative strategies that can help combat the ever increasing burden that cardiovascular illness is placing upon society.1

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  1. Wellness International, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Nr Manchester, Cheshire, UK

    L. Dorian Dugmore PhD

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  1. Public Health Department, Kalmar County, Oskarshamn, Sweden

    Joep Perk FESC

  2. Klinische Kardiologie II, Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Germany

    Helmut Gohlke FACC, FESC

  3. Institute of Health Sciences Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Irene Hellemans MD, (Speciality Cardiology), PhD

  4. Department of Cardiology, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Irene Hellemans MD, (Speciality Cardiology), PhD

  5. Hôpital Broussais-HEGP, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Philippe Sellier MD

  6. Department of Cardiology, Technical University of Munich Munich Rehabilitation Center, München, Germany

    Peter Mathes MD, FACC, FESC

  7. Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Bois Gilbert, Ballan Miré, France

    Catherine Monpère MD

  8. Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

    Hannah McGee BA(Mod), PhD, RegPsycholFPsSI

  9. Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation University, Hospital Inselspital, Switzerland

    Hugo Saner MD

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Dugmore, L.D. (2007). Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness in the Corporate Setting. In: Perk, J., et al. Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-502-8_52

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