Factors related to time to admission to specialized multidisciplinary clinics in patients with congestive heart failure

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a   Ducharme, Anique ^b   Frenette, Marc ^c   Giannetti, Nadia ^d   Michel, Caroline ^e   Grondin, François ^f   Sheppard, Richard ^e   Behlouli, Hassan ^c   Pilote, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Multidisciplinary heart failure clinics; Referral

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOLOGIST; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 70350161767     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(09)70720-2     Document Type: Article

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