097 Epidemiology of chronic heart failure in a Tunisian medical center
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Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.
Introduction: Heart failure is considered to be one of the most common chronic diseases in the ‎world which puts high expenses on health care systems. In order to control heart failure there are a ‎lot of ways self care is one of them. ‎ Objective: This survey has been conducted with the aim of studying self-care behaviors and related ‎factors in patients with CHF. &...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1878-6480
DOI: 10.1016/s1878-6480(10)70099-9