Clinically important differences in health status for patients with heart disease: An expert consensus panel report

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-622

  Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^a,b   Spertus, John A ^c   Kroenke, Kurt ^d,e   Tierney, William M ^d,e,f   Babu, Ajit N ^g,h   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^b,h,i  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d Regrenstrief Inst for Health Care   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3142652493     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.10.039     Document Type: Article

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