Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 439-445 , August 2006

Association of Functional and Health Status Measures in Heart Failure

Received 25 January 2006 ,Revised 10 April 2006 ,Accepted 17 April 2006.

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 All decisions regarding this manuscript were made by a guest editor.

PII: S1071-9164(06)00213-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.04.004

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 439-445 , August 2006

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