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World J Cardiol. Jul 26, 2011; 3(7): 248-255
Published online Jul 26, 2011. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v3.i7.248
Phase I of cardiac rehabilitation: A new challenge for evidence based physiotherapy
Rafael Michel de Macedo, José Rocha Faria-Neto, Costantino Ortiz Costantini, Dayane Casali, Andrea Pires Muller, Costantino Roberto Costantini, Katherine Athayde Teixeira de Carvalho, Luiz César Guarita-Souza
Rafael Michel de Macedo, José Rocha Faria-Neto, Costantino Ortiz Costantini, Dayane Casali, Andrea Pires Muller, Costantino Roberto Costantini, Luiz César Guarita-Souza, Department of Rehabilitation, Costantini Cardiological Hospital, Curitiba, 80320-320, Brazil
Rafael Michel de Macedo, José Rocha Faria-Neto, Andrea Pires Muller, Luiz César Guarita-Souza, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Catholic Pontificia University of Paraná, Curitiba, 80215-901, Brazil
Katherine Athayde Teixeira de Carvalho, Graduate Program in Biotechnology Applied to Health, Pequeno Príncipe Faculty, Curitiba, 80230-020, Brazil
Author contributions: de Macedo RM and Guarita-Souza LC performed the literature review; de Macedo RM, Faria-Neta JR, Costantini CO, Casali D, Muller AP and Costantini CR developed and discussed the paper; de Macedo RM, de Carvalho KAT and Guarita-Souza LC reviewed the paper.
Supported by CAPES
Correspondence to: Rafael Michel de Macedo, MD, PhD, Costantini Cardiological Hospital, Curitiba, 80320-320, Brazil. rafael.macedo@hospitalcostantini.com.br
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Received: April 19, 2011
Revised: May 16, 2011
Accepted: May 23, 2011
Published online: July 26, 2011
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