Abstracts from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Annual Meeting,
Scheduled to be Held in Minneapolis, MN.
September 13-16, 2001

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1. CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF A CORPORATE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM. Richard Salmon DDS MBA, Kosta Arabatzis MS, Susan Pickel BSN MHM, Leah Adams PharmD, Scott Kallish MA, Ivan Levinrad RPT, Brenda Mitchell PhD, Barry Franklin PhD, Neil Gordon MD, INTERxVENT Coordinating Center, Savannah, GA

2. BENEFIT OF A WORKSITE-BASED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM ON EMPLOYEE HEALTHCARE CLAIMS. Chip Faircloth MBA MHA, Sheldon Warman MD, Susan Pickel BSN MHM, Richard Salmon DDS MBA, Brenda Mitchell PhD, Barry Franklin PhD, Neil Gordon MD, INTERxVENT Coordinating Center, Savannah, GA

3. CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEUROLOGIST SUPERVISED, NURSE CASE MANAGED STROKE RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM IN AFRICAN AMERICAN VERSUS CAUCASIAN PATIENTS. Wallette Widener MSN RN, Frank Lafranchise MD, Barry Franklin PhD, Richard Leighton MD, Carla English MHS MHSA, Richard Salmon DDS MBA, Neil Gordon MD, Neurological Institute of Savannah, Savannah, GA and INTERxVENT USA, Savannah, GA

4. COMPARISON OF A 12-WEEK PHASE 2 CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND A PHYSICIAN SUPERVISED, NURSE CASE MANAGED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM. Neil Gordon MD, Carla English MHS MHSA, Richard Leighton MD, Melanie Willoughby RN, Barry Franklin PhD, Richard Salmon DDS MBA, St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, GA and INTERxVENT USA, Savannah, GA

5. NEED FOR CONTINUED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) RISK REDUCTION INTERVENTION AFTER COMPLETION OF A CONTEMPORARY PHASE 2 CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM. Kim Bonzheim MS, Claire Watson MS, Barry Franklin PhD, Laurence Sperling MD, Dalynn Badenhop PhD, Andres Digenio MD PhD, Carla English MHS MHSA, Richard Salmon DDS MBA, Neil Gordon MD, INTERxVENT Coordinating Center, Savannah, GA

6. A LOW FAT/HIGH COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE DIET IS EQUALLY BENEFICIAL IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT DIABETES WHEN ADMINISTERED AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM. Neil Gordon MD, Richard Salmon DDS MBA, Carla English MHS MHSA, Ivan Levinrad RPT, Richard Leighton MD, Barry Franklin PhD, St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, GA and INTERxVENT USA, Savannah GA

7. USING DISCREPANCY ANALYSIS TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE PARTICIPANT SATISFACTION IN A COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM. Brenda Mitchell PhD, Sheldon Warman MD, Susan Pickel BSN MHM, Terry Ray RN MN, Richard Salmon DDS MBA, Neil Gordon MD, North Broward Hospital District, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and INTERxVENT USA, Savannah, GA

8. AN INNOVATIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR NURSES THAT ADDRESSES PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Susan Pickel BSN MHM, Sheldon Warman MD, Brenda Mitchell PhD, Terry Ray RN MN, Neil Gordon MD, North Broward Hospital District, Fort Lauderdale, FL and INTERxVENT USA, Savannah, GA

9. EFFECTS OF PHASE 2 CARDIAC REHABILITATION PARTICIPATION ON PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL BASELINE RISK FACTORS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. Barry Franklin, Kim Bonzheim, JoAnne Warren, Sue Haapaniemi, Nancy Byl, Leilani Ware, Staci Barnhart, and Neil Gordon. William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

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