Cardiologists' awareness and perceptions of guidelines for chronic heart failure. The ADDress your Heart survey

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1020-1025

  Erhardt, Leif ^a   Komajda, Michel ^b   Hobbs, F D Richard ^c   Soler Soler, Jordi ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Awareness; Chronic heart failure; Clinical practice; Perception; Pharmacotherapy; Survey; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOLOGISTS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AWARENESS; CARDIOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 53249122867     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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