Lessons from the management of chronic heart failure

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  McDonagh, Theresa A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; EPLERENONE; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 17744367849     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.062067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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