American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 2 , Pages 255-260 , 15 January 2010

Adherence to Guideline-Recommended Adjunctive Heart Failure Therapies Among Outpatient Cardiology Practices (Findings from IMPROVE HF)

  • Clyde W. Yancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 214-820-7357; fax: 214-820-7533
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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  • Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Anne B. Curtis, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Research, Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Mihai Gheorghiade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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  • J. Thomas Heywood, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California
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  • Mark L. McBride, PhD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Dwight Reynolds, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • The Care Group, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana

Received 31 July 2009 ,Revised 25 August 2009 ,Accepted 25 August 2009.

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 The IMPROVE HF registry and this study are sponsored by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PII: S0002-9149(09)02335-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.08.681

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 2 , Pages 255-260 , 15 January 2010

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