Heart failure disease management: Implementation and outcomes

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Whellan, David J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled trials; Disease management; Heart failure; Randomized; Review

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 23944452282     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000135765.60824.2f     Document Type: Review

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