Provision of professional interpreters and Heart School attendance for foreign-born compared with native-born myocardial infarction patients in Sweden

Objective: Interactive patient education, referred to as Heart School (HS), is an important part of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after myocardial infarction (MI), which has been associated with improved outcomes. Little is known about HS attendance among foreign-born patients. The aims were to assess...

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Main Authors: Sammy Zwackman, Margret Leosdottir, Emil Hagström, Tomas Jernberg, Jan-Erik Karlsson, Sofia Sederholm Lawesson, Halldora Ögmundsdottir Michelsen, Annica Ravn-Fischer, John Wallert, Joakim Alfredsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-04-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906724000587