Quality of care in congestive heart failure in the elderly: Epidemiological evidence of a gap between guidelines and clinical practice

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-248

  Brocco, Stefano ^a   Zamboni, Mauro ^b   Fantin, Francesco ^b   Marchesan, Maria ^a   Schievano, Elena ^a   Zambon, Francesco ^a   Bozzano, Chiara ^b   Di Francesco, Vincenzo ^b   Vassanelli, Corrado ^b   Spolaore, Paolo ^a  

^a SER Epidemiological Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FUNCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77955439046     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324803     Document Type: Article

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