Barriers to accurate diagnosis and effective management of heart failure have not changed in the past 10 years: A qualitative study and national survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Hancock, Helen C ^a   Close, Helen ^a   Fuat, Ahmet ^a,b   Murphy, Jerry J ^a,b   Hungin, A Pali S ^a   Mason, James M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897532921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003866     Document Type: Article

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