Diagnosis and management of heart failure: A questionnaire among general practitioners and cardiologists

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-348

  Rutten, Frans H ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0042441075     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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