Timing of postdischarge follow-up and medication adherence among patients with heart failure

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Chang, Leslie L ^a,b   Xu, Haolin ^b   DeVore, Adam D ^a,b   Matsouaka, Roland A ^a,b   Yancy, Clyde W ^c   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Allen, Larry A ^e   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Medication adherence; Postdischarge follow up

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AFTERCARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044868527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007998     Document Type: Article

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