Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 763-769 , November 2009

Improvement in Health-related Quality of Life After Hospitalization Predicts Event-free Survival in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

  • Debra K. Moser, DNSC, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Professor and Linda C. Gill Endowed Chair of Nursing, University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, 527 CON, Lexington, KY 40536-0232. Tel: (859) 323-6687; Fax: (859) 323-1057.
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  • Laura Yamokoski, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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  • Jie Lena Sun, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Ginger A. Conway, RN, MSN, CNP

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Karen A. Hartman, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Judith A. Graziano, BSN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Univeristy of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Cynthia Binanay, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Lynne W. Stevenson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Escape Investigators

Received 27 August 2007 ,Revised 30 April 2009 ,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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PII: S1071-9164(09)00163-8

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.05.003

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 763-769 , November 2009

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