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" Two thirds of heart attack patients do not take part in a cardiac rehabilitation programme, despite the fact that this could save their lives. The worrying finding was made by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which published the latest National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation today (August 24th). Researchers found that just 38 per cent of heart attack survivors, 30 per cent of angioplasty patients and 68 per cent of those undergoing a coronary artery bypass operation attend cardiac rehabilitation. Dr Mike Knapton, the charity&amp;#039;s associate medical director, said that progress on increasing the availability of cardiac rehabilitation is &amp;#039;flat-lining&amp;#039;. &amp;#039;The number of heart patients taking part in cardiac rehabilitation hasn&amp;#039;t increased since the last report,&amp;#039; he observed. &amp;#039;Referral to cardiac rehabilitation should be a routine part of treating heart patients, and until this happens they will continue to miss out.&amp;#039; The latest statistics from the BHF show that around 146,000 people suffer a heart attack every year in the UK, while some 90,000 die as a result of the event. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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