Clinical trial of an educational intervention to achieve recommended cholesterol levels in patients with coronary artery disease

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 522-528

  Lichtman, Judith H ^a,b   Amatruda, Joan ^b   Yaari, Shlomit ^a   Cheng, Susan ^a   Smith, Grace L ^a   Mattera, Jennifer A ^a   Roumanis, Sarah A ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Radford, Martha J ^b,c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342440920     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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