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Original Article

Efficacy of external counterpulsation enhanced with outpatient cardiac rehabilitation

Patricia LounsburyFormerly with Cardiovascular Health, Assessment, Management, and Prevention Services (CHAMPS), University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ahmed S. ElokdaDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA; ;Department of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;
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Jacob SitzmannCardiovascular Center, Diagnostic Testing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;
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Qing LiDepartment of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Pages 27-33 | Received 26 Jul 2015, Accepted 01 Nov 2015, Published online: 22 Dec 2015

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