The benefits of using a heart failure management programme in Swedish primary healthcare

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-236

  Agvall, Björn ^a   Alehagen, Urban ^a   Dahlström, Ulf ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart failure management; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUROSEMIDE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SWEDEN;

EID: 84872587613     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs159     Document Type: Article

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