Physicians' guideline adherence is associated with long-term heart failure mortality in outpatients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: the QUALIFY international registry

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 921-929

  Komajda, Michel ^a   Schöpe, Jakob ^b   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^b   Tavazzi, Luigi ^c   Böhm, Michael ^b   Ponikowski, Piotr ^d   Anker, Stefan D ^e,f   Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^g   Cowie, Martin R ^h   Aleksanyan, A ⁱ   Atayan, L ⁱ   Avetisyan, A ⁱ   Davtyan, N ⁱ   Drambyan, M ⁱ   Gevorgyan, K ⁱ   Grigoryan, M ⁱ   Hakobyan, Z ⁱ   Hayrapetyan, H ⁱ   Kocharyan, L ⁱ   Kramarevskaya, T ⁱ   Melqonyan, A ⁱ   Muradyan, F ⁱ   Nanyan, R ⁱ   Ordyan, A ⁱ   Ordyan, M ⁱ   Piruzyan, A ⁱ   Podosyan, G ⁱ   Safaryan, K ⁱ   Sargsyan, T ⁱ   Sarkisyan, A ⁱ   Sisakyan, H ⁱ   Ter Grigoryan, V ⁱ   Ustyan, T ⁱ   Alexopoulos, C ⁱ   Amerena, J ⁱ   Arstall, M ⁱ   Ayres, B ⁱ   Barron, G ⁱ   Beltrame, J ⁱ   Bou Samra, J ⁱ   Brown, M ⁱ   Cross, D ⁱ   Dwyer, N ⁱ   Eccleston, N ⁱ   Hare, D ⁱ   Ho, B ⁱ   Hopper, I ⁱ   Jackson, B ⁱ   Korczyk, D ⁱ   Lattimore, J D ⁱ   Levendel, A ⁱ   Macfadyen, R ⁱ   Pandeli, V ⁱ   Playford, D ⁱ   Richardson, M ⁱ   Senior, J A ⁱ   Shah, A ⁱ   Shetty, P ⁱ   Soward, A ⁱ   Srivastava, P ⁱ   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Senthong, V ⁱ   Wongcharoen, W ⁱ   Wongwantanee, S ⁱ   Bahadir, H ⁱ   Emul A ⁱ   Gokce, M ⁱ   Gurcagan, A ⁱ   Kaya, O K ⁱ   Keser, A ⁱ   Pinar, P ⁱ   Tas M H ⁱ   Tosun, H B ⁱ   Yazlar, A Sayin ⁱ   Yilmaz, S ⁱ   Yuksel, Y ⁱ   Bagriy, A ⁱ   Ivchyna, N ⁱ   Lyashenko, A ⁱ   Matviychuk, N ⁱ   Shchukina, O ⁱ   Tkach, N ⁱ   Tseluyko, V ⁱ   Vasylieva, L ⁱ   Abdallah, A ⁱ   Agrawal, A ⁱ   Basleeb, F ⁱ   Bazargani, N ⁱ   Hatou, E ⁱ   Al Kaddour, A R ⁱ   Al Kasser, M ⁱ   Al Mulla, A ⁱ   Radaideh, G ⁱ   Salustri, A ⁱ   more..

^a Groupe Hospitalier Pitieacute Salpêtriegrave ere   (France)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^h NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Adherence; Dosage; Guidelines; Heart failure; Medication; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; IVABRADINE; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 85063682572     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1459     Document Type: Article

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