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Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an exercise program to improve the quality of life of patients with heart failure in primary care: The EFICAR study protocol

Ana Zuazagoitia1*, Gonzalo Grandes1, Jesús Torcal1,2, Iñaki Lekuona3, Pilar Echevarria4, Manuel A Gómez5, Mar Domingo6, Maria M de la Torre7, Jose I Ramírez8, Imanol Montoya1, Juana Oyanguren2, Ricardo OS Pinilla9 and the EFICAR Group (Ejercicio Físico en la Insuficiencia Cardiaca)10

Author Affiliations

1 Primary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia, Basque Health Service-Osakidetza , CAIBER, Bilbao, Spain

2 Basauri-Ariz Health Centre, Basque Health Service - Osakidetza, Bizkaia, Spain

3 Cardiology Service, Galdakao Hospital, Basque Health Service - Osakidetza, Bizkaia, Spain

4 Galdakao Health Centre, Basque Health Service - Osakidetza, Bizkaia, Spain

5 La Alamedilla Health Centre, Castilla y León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain

6 Sant Roc Health Centre. Catalan Health Service - ICS. Barcelona. Spain

7 Casa de Barco Health Centre Castilla y León Health Service - SACYL, Valladolid, Spain

8 Calviá Health Centre. Balearic Islands Health Service - IBSALUT, Mallorca, Spain

9 Santa Barbara Health Centre, Castilla-La Mancha Health Service - SESCAM, Toledo, Spain

10 redIAPP: Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud, Spain

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BMC Public Health 2010, 10:33 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-33

Published: 25 January 2010

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Additional file 1:

Safety system for cardiac emergencies in the health. This file contains the step and actions that are needed to follow in order to guarantee safety in cardiac emergencies, regardless of the implementation of EFICAR Project.

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