Effect of training general practitioners in drug treatment of newly detected heart failure patients with reduced or preserved ejection fraction: A cluster randomized trial

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2016, Pages 174-182

  Van Riet, Evelien E S ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Limburg, Alexander ^b   Landman, Marcel A J ^a   Zuithoff, Peter N A ^a   Rutten, Frans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Diakonessenhuis Zeist   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice; Heart failure; Randomized trial; Treatment

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING; WALKING DISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALK TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALK TEST;

EID: 84967239920     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.171     Document Type: Article

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