Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

1 Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Imam Ali Hospital AND Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Reza Hospital AND Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2 PhD Candidate, Cardiac Rehabilitation Center AND Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, Imam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

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