American Heart Journal
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 43-51 , July 2004

Organized program to initiate lifesaving treatment in hospitalized patients with heart failure (OPTIMIZE-HF): rationale and design

  • Gregg C Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Ave, Room 67-120 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679, USA.
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  • William T Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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  • Nancy M Albert, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Wendy A Gattis, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Mihai Gheorghiade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill, USA
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  • Barry Greenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • USCD Medical Center–Hillcrest, University of California, San Diego, Calif, USA
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  • Chris M O'Connor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Clyde W Yancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex, USA
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  • James Young, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Failure Section, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 6 August 2003 ,Accepted 9 March 2004.

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☆ Guest Editor for this manuscript was Rebecca J. Quigg, MD, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill.Supported by GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pa, with editorial support provided by Accel Healthcare Communications Inc, New York, NY.

PII: S0002-8703(04)00126-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.03.004

American Heart Journal
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 43-51 , July 2004

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