Altering driving restrictions after median sternotomy

Richard Gach¹, Susan Triano¹, Doa El-Ansary^{2

3}, Robert Parker⁴, Jenny Adams⁵

Affiliations

¹ Acute Therapy Department, Memorial Regional HospitalHollywoodFlorida.
² Departments of Physiotherapy and Surgery, The University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia.
³ Department of Health Professions, Swinburne UniversityMelbourneAustralia.
⁴ Private ConsultantRenoNevada.
⁵ Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas.

Richard Gach et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2019.

. 2019 Mar 26;32(2):301-302.

doi: 10.1080/08998280.2018.1551298. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Richard Gach¹, Susan Triano¹, Doa El-Ansary^{2

3}, Robert Parker⁴, Jenny Adams⁵

¹ Acute Therapy Department, Memorial Regional HospitalHollywoodFlorida.
² Departments of Physiotherapy and Surgery, The University of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia.
³ Department of Health Professions, Swinburne UniversityMelbourneAustralia.
⁴ Private ConsultantRenoNevada.
⁵ Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation; driving restrictions; midline sternotomy; sternal precautions.

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