New ways of medical attention in heart failure;Nuevas formas de atención médica en la insuficiencia cardíaca

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 135-137

  Lupón Rosés, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037425957     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13042987     Document Type: Editorial

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