Advanced (Stage D) Heart Failure: A Statement From the Heart Failure Society of America Guidelines Committee

Journal of Cardiac Failure - Tập 21 Số 6 - Trang 519-534 - 2015
James C. Fang1, Gregory A. Ewald2, Larry A. Allen3, Javed Butler4, Cheryl A. Westlake Canary5, Monica Colvin6, Michael G. Dickinson7, Phillip D. Levy8, Wendy Gattis Stough9, Nancy K. Sweitzer10, John R. Teerlink11, David J. Whellan12, Nancy M. Albert13, Rajan Krishnamani14, Michael W. Rich2, Mary Norine Walsh15, Mark R. Bonnell16, Peter E. Carson17, Michael Chan18, Daniel L. Dries19, Adrian F. Hernandez20, Ray E. Hershberger21, Stuart D. Katz22, Stephanie A. Moore23, Steven R. Steinhubl24, Joseph G. Rogers20, Amanda R. Vest25, Michael R. Zile23
1University of Utah
2Washington University, ST. Louis
3University of Colorado, Denver
4SUNY, Stony Brook
5Azusa Pacific University
6UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
7 Spectrum Health
8Wayne State University
9Campbell University
10University of Arizona
11University of California at San Francisco
12Thomas Jefferson University
13[Cleveland Clinic Foundation]
14Advanced Cardiovascular Institute
15Care Group LLC
16University of Toledo
17Georgetown University
18University of Alberta
19Temple University
20Duke University
21The Ohio State University
22New York University
23Harvard University
24University of North Carolina
25Tufts University

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