Leveraging guidelines: Understanding heart failure, organizing care. Commentary on the 2010 NICE chronic heart failure guideline update

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-17

  McIntyre, Hugh Farrell ^a  

^a East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG INDICATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650322767     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq201     Document Type: Review

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