Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for nonadherent patients with heart failure: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 644-652

  Ambardekar, Amrut V ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Pan, Wenqin ^c   Yancy, Clyde W ^d   Krantz, Mori J ^a,e  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Colorado Prevention Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349192845     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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