It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

Late-breaking clinical trials presented at the 2005, 2006, and 2007 annual scientific
meetings of the ACCF, AHA, and European Society of Cardiology, as well as selected other …

Improving the US health care system requires simultaneous pursuit of three aims: improving
the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capita costs of …

Heart failure (HF) is a major and growing public health problem in the United States.
Approximately 5 million patients in this country have HF, and over 550 000 patients are …

ContextComprehensive discharge planning by advanced practice nurses has demonstrated
short-term reductions in readmissions of elderly patients, but the benefits of more intensive …

Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem in the United States. Nearly 5 million
patients in this country have HF, and nearly 500,000 patients are diagnosed with HF for the …

We sought to examine the relationship between health literacy and knowledge of disease
among patients with a chronic disease. A total of 653 new Medicare enrollees aged 65 years …

Abstract Context Pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) have been used to guide therapy in
multiple settings, but recent studies have raised concerns that PACs may lead to increased …

Background The appropriate use of pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) in critically ill cardiac
patients remains debated. Objectives The authors aimed to characterize the current use of …

OBJECTIVES The study aimed to evaluate the role of obesity in the prognosis of patients
with heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND Previous reports link obesity to the development of …