Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 3 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/cardiology.1.012
Older women and cardiac rehabilitation: Next steps on the journey
Nanette K. Wenger1,*
- 1Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
Corresponding Author
Nanette K. Wenger, nwenger@emory.edu
Received Date: July 20, 2021
Accepted Date: August 17, 2021
Wenger NK. Older women and cardiac rehabilitation: Next steps on the journey. Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Dis. 2021; 1(3):71-75.
Copyright: © 2021 Wenger NK. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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