A rapid access heart failure clinic provides a prompt diagnosis and appropriate management of new heart failure presenting in the community

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-429

  Fox, Kevin F ^a   Cowie, Martin R ^b   Wood, David A ^a   Coats, Andrew J S ^a   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^a   Sutton, George C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Heart failure; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034537079     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00108-2     Document Type: Article

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