How to Do More with Less

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 460-462

  Sepehrvand, Nariman ^a   Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Editorials; health status; heart failure; quality of life

Indexed keywords

EPLERENONE; TOLVAPTAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KANSAS CITY CARDIOMYOPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84955276574     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.115.002126     Document Type: Editorial

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