Comparison of clinical profile and management of outpatients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction treated by general practitioners and cardiologists in contemporary Poland: The results from the DATA-HELP registry

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 852-858

  Jankowska, Ewa A ^a,b   Kalicinska, Elzbieta ^a,b   Drozd, Marcin ^a   Kurian, Beata ^c   Banasiak, Waldemar ^b   Ponikowski, Piotr ^a,b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiologist; DATA HELP registry; General practitioner; Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; Management; Poland

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLAND; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908174217     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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