Interdisciplinary team-based management of heart failure

Disease Management and Health Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Di Salvo, Thomas G ^a,b,c   Warner Stevenson, Lynne ^a,b,d  

^a Partners Health Care System   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0037287332     PISSN: 11738790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00115677-200311020-00003     Document Type: Review

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