Identifying patients hospitalized with heart failure at risk for unfavorable future quality of life.

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes on June 21, 2011

Authors

Larry A Allen1, Mihai Gheorghiade, Kimberly J Reid, Shannon M Dunlay, Paul S Chan, Paul J Hauptman, Faiez Zannad, Marvin A Konstam, John A Spertus

Author Affiliations

1: Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Group, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. larry.allen@ucdenver.edu

Associated clinical trials:

EVEREST: Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in hEart failuRE: Outcome Study With Tolvaptan | NCT00071331

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