Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: A comparison of methods

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 707-715

  Spertus, John ^a,b,j   Peterson, Eric ^g   Conard, Mark W ^b   Heidenreich, Paul A ^f   Krumholz, Harlan M ^d   Jones, Philip ^a   McCullough, Peter A ^b   Pina, Ileana ^h   Tooley, Joseph ^c   Weintraub, William S ⁱ   Rumsfeld, John S ^e  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c Pharmacia Inc   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 25844437142     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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