Evidence-based chronic heart-failure management programmes: Reality or myth?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Driscoll, A ^a   Worrall Carter, L ^b   Hare, D L ^c   Davidson, P M ^d   Riegel, B ^e   Tonkin, A ^a   Stewart, Simon ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF CARE; TELEMONITORING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 79953792123     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2008.028035     Document Type: Article

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