Acute decompensated heart failure is routinely treated as a cardiopulmonary syndrome.

Heart failure as recognized and treated in typical practice may represent a complex condition that defies discrete categorizations. To illuminate this complexity, we examined treatment strategies for patients hospitalized and treated for decompensated heart failure. We focused on the receipt of medi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kumar Dharmarajan, Kelly M Strait, Tara Lagu, Peter K Lindenauer, Mary E Tinetti, Joanne Lynn, Shu-Xia Li, Harlan M Krumholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3824040?pdf=render