Exploring symptoms in chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 699-703

  Ekman, Inger ^a   Cleland, John G F ^b   Andersson, Bert ^c   Swedberg, Karl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Heart failure; NYHA; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EXPECTATION; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MODEL; MORTALITY; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TELECOMMUNICATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 23744486079     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.07.003     Document Type: Review

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