Use of Disease-Modifying Therapies in Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure: A Population-Based Perspective

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Goldberg, Robert J ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^a   Farmer, Cheryl ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Pezzella, Stephen M ^a   Meyer, Theo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Medication use; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845888538     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.05.051     Document Type: Article

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