Management of chronic heart failure in the community: Role of a hospital based open access heart failure service

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 755-759

  Shah, S ^a,b   Davies, M K ^b   Cartwright, D ^b   Nightingale, P ^c  

^a Selly Oak Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042601071     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2002.006460     Document Type: Article

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