Eligibility criteria in heart failure randomized controlled trials: A gap between evidence and clinical practice

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-122

  Costantino, Giorgio ^a   Rusconi, Anna Maria ^a   Duca, Pier Giorgio ^a   Guzzetti, Stefano ^a   Bossi, Ilaria ^a   Del Medico, Marta ^a   Pisano, Giuseppina ^a   Bulgheroni, Mara ^a   Solbiati, Monica ^a   Furlan, Raffaello ^a   Montano, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Heart failure; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 62949249321     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0180-9     Document Type: Article

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