Randomized trial of a daily electronic home monitoring system in patients with advanced heart failure: The Weight Monitoring in Heart Failure (WHARF) trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 705-712

  Goldberg, Lee R ^a   Piette, John D ^b   Walsh, Mary Norine ^c   Frank, Theodore A ^d   Jaski, Brian E ^e   Smith, Andrew L ^f   Rodriguez, Raymond ^g   Mancini, Donna M ^h   Hopton, Laurie A ^a   Orav, E John ⁱ   Loh, Evan ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sanger Clinic   (United States)

^e SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Chestnut Hill Cardiology   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; WALKING;

EID: 0142057087     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00393-4     Document Type: Article

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