Search for dissertations about: "Smoking Cessation in coronary heart disease"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Smoking Cessation in coronary heart disease.

  2. 1. Evaluation of risk factor modification management in patients with coronary heart disease and patients´ experiences of secondary prevention

    Author : Mona From Attebring; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Coronary heart disease; myocardial infarction; secondary prevention; risk factor modification; smoking cessation; validation; predictors; patients experiences; nursing;

    Abstract : Aim: To evaluate management of risk factor modification among patients suffering from coronary heart disease and to explore patients experiences of secondary prevention. Methods: After establishing a secondary prevention programme, patients were offered follow-up visits to a nurse, one year after the coronary event for evaluation of various risk factors associated with recurrence (I, II). READ MORE

  4. 2. Effects of an expanded rehabilitation programme in patients with ischemic heart disease

    Author : Cathrine Edström Plüss; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The effects of expanded cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) after coronary artery by-pass surgery or myocardial infarction (MI) on medical risk markers, cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and hospitalizations due to symptoms of CV disease, were evaluated in a prospective randomized trial. The project was performed at the Department of Cardiology, Danderyd Hospital, between 1999-2001. READ MORE

  5. 3. Socioeconomic status and myocardial infarction : influence on secondary prevention and prognosis

    Author : Joel Ohm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background and Aims: In the wealth of research undertaken on myocardial infarctions (MIs), secondary prevention is less well studied. Incidence and death from MI have declined substantially in the past decades due to the identification of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, methods to assess risk in the general population, development of efficient therapies that modify risk factor levels, and the introduction of revascularization therapies used in the acute phase of a MI. READ MORE