A proposed protocol for the ambulatory management of patients discharged with heart failure diagnosis: The Venice-HF collaborative project;Una proposta di protocollo per la gestione ambulatoriale dei pazienti dimessi con diagnosi di scompenso cardiaco: Il progetto collaborativo Venetia-HF

Italian Heart Journal, Supplementi

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 282-291

  Valle, Roberto ^a   Carbonieri, Emanuele ^a   Tenderini, Pierluigi ^a   Zanella, Carlo ^b   De Cian, Francesca ^a   Ginocchio, Giuliana ^c   Cannas, Sergio ^d   Milan, Daniele ^a   Milani, Loredano ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costs; Heart failure; Management in cardiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; ITALY; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 6044247199     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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