Influence of patient age and sex on delivery of guideline-recommended heart failure care in the outpatient cardiology practice setting: Findings from IMPROVE HF

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yancy, Clyde W ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Albert, Nancy M ^c   Curtis, Anne B ^d   Stough, Wendy Gattis ^e,f   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^g   Heywood, J Thomas ^h   McBride, Mark L ⁱ   Mehra, Mandeep R ^j   O'Connor, Christopher M ^f   Reynolds, Dwight ^k   Walsh, Mary Norine ^l  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Campbell University   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ Outcome Sciences Inc   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^l Care Group   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

EID: 62949176334     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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