Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 287-293 , May 2007

Lack of Long-Term Benefits of a 6-Month Heart Failure Disease Management Program

  • Viviane Nguyen, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • From the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc, Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, 5000 Belanger Street East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, HIT 1C8.
    • ,
  • Michel White, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Normand Racine, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Eileen O'Meara, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Bin Zhang, MSc

      Affiliations

    • McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jean L. Rouleau, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • James Brophy, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 8 June 2006 ,Revised 21 December 2006 ,Accepted 5 January 2007.

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 Dr. White and Ducharme are supported by le Fond de Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ).

PII: S1071-9164(07)00003-6

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.01.002

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 287-293 , May 2007

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