Lack of Long-Term Benefits of a 6-Month Heart Failure Disease Management Program

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Nguyen, Viviane ^a   Ducharme, Anique ^a   White, Michel ^a   Racine, Normand ^a   O'Meara, Eileen ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   Rouleau, Jean L ^a   Brophy, James ^b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

disease management program; Heart failure; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 34248631090     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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