ACE inhibitor reminders attached to echocardiography reports of patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1034-1037

  Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,c   Chacko, Matthew ^a   Goldstein, Mary K ^a   Atwood, J Edwin ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOSINOPRIL; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; IRBESARTAN; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744436171     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.028     Document Type: Article

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