Opportunities for improvement in the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 231-237

  McCullough, Peter A ^a,e   Philbin, Edward F ^b   Spertus, John A ^c   Sandberg, Keisha R ^d   Sullivan, Roberta A ^a   Kaatz, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Health services research; Heart failure; Mortality; Pharmacotherapy; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0012217338     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960260507     Document Type: Article

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