Trends in heart failure: going in the right direction?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1019-1020

  Vidán, María T ^a,b   Bueno, Héctor ^b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure; Trends

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84981731395     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.571     Document Type: Editorial

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