- ►annals.org [PDF] JE Sisk, PL Hebert, CR Horowitz, MA … - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Despite therapies proven effective for heart failure with systolic
dysfunction, the condition continues to cause substan- tial hospitalization,
disability, and death, especially among African- American and other ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
B Riegel, B Carlson, D Glaser, T Romero - Journal of cardiac failure, 2006 - Elsevier Hospitalized Hispanics with chronic HF (n = 134) were enrolled and randomized to
intervention (n = 69) or usual care (n = 65). The sample was elderly (72 ± 11
years), New York Heart Association class III/IV (81.3%), and poorly ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - All 4 versions
[CITATION] Case management for elderly persons with heart failure: the quality of life and cost outcomes
JE Lafata, M Pladevall, G Divine, M Ayoub, EF … - Medical care, 2004 - journals.lww.com Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD,* Manel Pladevall, MD, MSc,* George Divine, PhD,*†
Melissa Ayoub Heinen, DO, MPH,‡ and Edward F. Philbin, MD§ ... Objective:
The objective of this study was to assess the quality of outpatient care ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
J Palmieri, S Redline, R Morita - American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2005 - ASHP Purpose. Changes in low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and rates
of LDL- C goal attainment among dyslipidemic pa- tients newly referred to a
telephone-based hyperlipidemia disease management pro- gram were studied. ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
B Smith, E Forkner, B Zaslow, RA Krasuski, K … - Am J Manag Care, 2005 - hcplive.com The effects of congestive heart failure (CHF) man- agement on the economics of
healthcare systems and on the lives of patients have been well docu- mented.1,2
As a major component of inpatient and out- patient medical expenditures, ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 6 versions
RL Newton Jr, MG Perri - Ethnicity & Disease, 2004 - ishib.org This study compared the effects of 3 home-based exercise promotion programs for
African Americans. Sixty, sedentary African- American adults were randomly
assigned to ei- ther a standard behavioral counseling group (N 22), a ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 6 versions
K Harkness, KM Smith, L Taraba, CL … - Heart & Lung-The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 2005 - Elsevier Patients who received the NIC were significantly more likely to attend their CR
intake appointment compared with standard care (78.1% vs. 50.1%; P < .0001).
Hierarchic logistic regression analysis revealed the NIC as the strongest ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - All 4 versions
A Ahmed, RV Sims, RM Allman, JF DeLong, … - Heart Disease, 2003 - pt.wkhealth.com From the *Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric
Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Center for Aging
and Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education, ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
F Malek, E Jiresova, A Dohnalova, H … - International Journal of Cardiology, 2006 - Elsevier Serum copper levels and other prognostic indicators were determined in the group
of 60 patients with chronic heart failure due to ischemic heart disease: 30
consecutive subjects with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 7 versions