American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 3 , Pages 406-413 , March 2010

Relationships between emerging measures of heart failure processes of care and clinical outcomes

  • Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS, Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715.
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  • Bradley G. Hammill, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Clyde W. Yancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas, TX
    • ,
  • Kevin A. Schulman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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  • Lesley H. Curtis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Department of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Received 24 September 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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 Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov no. NCT00344513.

PII: S0002-8703(10)00063-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.12.024

American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 3 , Pages 406-413 , March 2010

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