Clinical reminders to providers of patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction increase defibrillator referral: A randomized trial

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-145

  Gupta, Anurag ^a,b   Gholami, Parisa ^a   Turakhia, Mintu P ^a,b   Friday, Karen ^a,b   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Death, sudden, cardiac; Defibrillators; Guideline adherence; Randomized controlled trial; Reminder systems

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BISOPROLOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84896131156     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000753     Document Type: Article

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