New York Heart Association class assessment by cardiologists and outpatients with congenital cardiac disease: A head-to-head comparison of three patient-based versions

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-33

  Schoormans, Dounya ^a,b   Mager, Yuma L ^a   Oort, Frans J ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiac defect; functional status; patient cardiologist agreement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RATING SCALE; SELF MONITORING; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857475394     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951111000825     Document Type: Article

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