Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 600-606 , September 2009

Predictors of Over-the-Counter Drug and Herbal Therapies Use in Elderly Patients With Heart Failure

  • Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Nancy Albert PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, Director, Nursing Research and Innovation, Nursing Institute and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail code J3-4, Cleveland, OH 44195. Tel: (216) 444-7028; Fax: (216) 445-1776.
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  • Lisa Rathman, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • The Heart Group, Lancaster, PA
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  • Donna Ross, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, OH
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  • Donna Walker, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Euclid Hospital, Euclid, OH
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  • James Bena, MS

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • Shannon McIntyre, MS

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • Diane Philip, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Northwest Ohio Cardiology Consultants, Toledo, OH
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  • Sandra Siedlecki, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • Rita Lovelace, RN

      Affiliations

    • Huron Hospital, East Cleveland, OH
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  • Annette M. Fogarty, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH
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  • Barbara Maikut, RN

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Beachwood RMP Center, Beachwood, OH
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  • Patricia Zielinski, RN

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Received 20 November 2008 ,Revised 6 February 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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 No conflicts of interest and no sources of funding disclosed.

PII: S1071-9164(09)00052-9

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.02.001

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 600-606 , September 2009

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