Long-term follow-up in optimally treated and stable heart failure patients: Primary care vs. heart failure clinic. Results of the COACH-2 study

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1241-1248

  Luttik, Marie Louise A ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^b   Van Geel, Peter Paul ^a   Brons, Maaike ^c   Hillege, Hans L ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^c   De Jong, Richard ^d   Linssen, Gerard ^e   Lok, Dirk J A ^f   Berge, Marjolein ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^e TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Disease management; Heart failure; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84916639051     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.173     Document Type: Article

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