Patient knowledge of and adherence to oral anticoagulation therapy after mechanical heart-valve replacement for congenital or acquired valve defects

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-146

  Van Damme, Sara ^a   Van Deyk, Kristien ^a   Budts, Werner ^a   Verhamme, Peter ^a   Moons, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adherence; Anticoagulation; Congenital; Heart defects; Heart valve; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BELGIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952486224     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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