Relationships between emerging measures of heart failure processes of care and clinical outcomes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-413

  Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Yancy, Clyde W ^c   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; SUCCINIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WARFARIN;

EID: 77649155687     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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