Weight monitoring in patients with severe heart failure (WISH). A randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 438-444

  Lyng, Patrik ^a   Persson, Hans ^b   Hgg Martinell, Ann ^b   Hgglund, Ewa ^c   Hagerman, Inger ^c   Langius Eklf, Ann ^a   Rosenqvist, Mrten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Re admission rates; Telemonitoring; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84859090692     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs023     Document Type: Article

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