Cardiovascular disease: Is it time to finally recognise it as a complex, chronic life-span illness?

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-137

  Rolley, John X ^a   Thompson, David R ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84861979476     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515111429664     Document Type: Editorial

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