Quality of care and outcomes among patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease: A Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure Program study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 674-681

  Patel, Uptal D ^a,b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b   Liang, Li ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   LaBresh, Kenneth A ^c   Yancy, Clyde W ^d   Albert, Nancy M ^e   Ellrodt, Gray ^f   Fonarow, Gregg C ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MassPRO   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BISOPROLOL FUMARATE; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

COMORBIDITY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049108157     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.05.028     Document Type: Article

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