013 Audit of tertiary heart failure outpatient service to assess compliance with updated nice guidelines
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NICE guidelines on heart failure.
failure was issued to the NHS in England and Wales by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in July 2003.1 Recommendations were made covering all aspects of the care pathway, from first suspicion of the diagnosis, through chronic disease management, to end-of-life issues. The guidance is timely. Heart failure is a major problem for the NHS.2 There are at least 900,000 people liv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1355-6037,1468-201X
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301877b.13