Endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Physical Therapy Association, the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation, the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the Inter-American Heart Foundation, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Executive Committee in April 2010, by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in April 2010, and by the AACVPR Document Oversight Committee and Board of Directors in June 2010.
The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited as follows: Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, Oldridge N, Piña IL, Spertus J. AACVPR/ACC/AHA 2010 update: performance measures on cardiac rehabilitation for referral to cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention services. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;56:1159–1167.
This article is copublished in Circulation and the Journal of Cadiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.
Copyright ©2010 by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, American College of Cardiology Foundation, and American Heart Association, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc.
CPT™ contained in the online data supplement is ©2009 American Medical Association.
Adherence to American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Clinical Performance Measures in a Peruvian Neurological Reference Institute
