Patient and practice factors associated with improvement in use of guideline-recommended therapies for outpatients with heart failure (from the IMPROVE HF Trial)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-258

  O'Connor, Christopher M ^a   Albert, Nancy M ^b   Curtis, Anne B ^c   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^d   Heywood, J Thomas ^e   McBride, Mark L ^f   Inge, Patches Johnson ^f   Mehra, Mandeep R ^g   Reynolds, Dwight ^h   Walsh, Mary Norine ⁱ   Yancy, Clyde W ^j   Fonarow, Gregg C ^k  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^f Outcome Sciences Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

ⁱ St Vincent Heart Center of Indiana   (United States)

^j BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEFIBRILLATOR; EDEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650858796     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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