American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages 451-458, September 2009

Weekend hospital admission and discharge for heart failure: Association with quality of care and clinical outcomes

  • Tamara B. Horwich, MD MS

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Adrian F. Hernandez, MD MHS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute; Durham, NC
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  • Li Liang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute; Durham, NC
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  • Nancy M. Albert, RN PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH
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  • Kenneth A. LaBresh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mass Pro, Waltham, MA
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  • Clyde W. Yancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Room 47-123 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679.
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  • for the Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals

Received 8 April 2009; accepted 16 June 2009. published online 05 August 2009.

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 Dr Hernandez is a recipient of an American Heart Association Pharmaceutical Roundtable grant (0675060N).

 Jalal K. Ghali, MD, served as guest editor on this manuscript.

PII: S0002-8703(09)00480-3

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2009.06.025

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages 451-458, September 2009

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