Overview of the American Heart Association "Get with the guidelines" programs: Coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Hong, Yuling ^a,c   LaBresh, Kenneth A ^b  

^a AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b MassPRO   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 33845473106     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000243588.00012.79     Document Type: Review

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