Effect of a heart failure program on hospitalization frequency and exercise tolerance

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2842-2848

  Hanumanthu, Sai ^a   Butler, Javed ^a   Chomsky, Don ^a   Davis, Stacy ^a   Wilson, John R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart failure; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; LISINOPRIL; QUINAPRIL; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030664594     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.9.2842     Document Type: Article

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