Chronic heart failure: Time to recognise this major public health problem

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 147-148

  Krum, Henry ^a,b   Stewart, Simon ^c,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33644616805     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00170.x     Document Type: Editorial

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