Temporal improvement in heart failure survival related to the use of a nurse-directed clinic and recommended pharmacological treatment

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Andersson, Bert ^a   Kjörk, Ewa ^a   Brunlöf, Gertrud ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenergic blockers; Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Digitalis; Drug dosage; Nursing; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; SURVIVAL; TITRIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344447979     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.028     Document Type: Article

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