Heart failure clinics. Concept, organization, results;Unités d'insuffisance cardiaque. Concept, organisation, résultats

Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 248-253

  Jourdain, P ^a   Funck, F ^a   Bellorini, M ^a   Josset, C ^a   Piednoir, C ^a   Pons, N ^a   Loiret, J ^a   Guillard, N ^a   Thebault, B ^a   Desnos, M ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER RENÉ DUBOS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Education; Heart failure clinic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FAMILY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

AGED; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; FRANCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 17044457141     PISSN: 00033928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3928(02)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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