American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 238-244 , February 2010

Influence of dedicated heart failure clinics on delivery of recommended therapies in outpatient cardiology practices: Findings from the Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting (IMPROVE HF)

  • Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Institute and Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN; 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mailcode J3-4, Cleveland, OH 44195.
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Clyde W. Yancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Anne B. Curtis, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
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  • Wendy Gattis Stough, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Research Triangle Park, NC
    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Mihai Gheorghiade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • J. Thomas Heywood, MD

      Affiliations

    • Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
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  • Mark McBride, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Outcome Sciences, Inc, Cambridge, MA
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  • Mandeep R. Mehra, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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  • Christopher M. O'Connor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Dwight Reynolds, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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  • Mary Norine Walsh, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Care Group, LLC, Indianapolis, IN

Received 16 October 2009 ,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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 RCT# NCT00303979.

PII: S0002-8703(09)00902-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.11.022

American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 238-244 , February 2010

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