Improved outcomes with early collaborative care of ambulatory heart failure patients discharged from the emergency department

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1806-1814

  Lee, Douglas S ^a,b,d   Stukel, Thérèse A ^a,c,d   Austin, Peter C ^a,c,d   Alter, David A ^a,d   Schull, Michael J ^a,c,d   You, John J ^a,c   Chong, Alice ^a,d   Henry, David ^a,d   Tu, Jack V ^a,c,d  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency care; heart failure; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METOLAZONE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOLOGY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349304363     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.940262     Document Type: Article

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