Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 100-108 , March 2009

Quality of life in patients with heart failure: Ask the patients

  • Seongkum Heo, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Seongkum Heo, PhD, RN, Indiana University School of Nursing, 1111 Middle Drive, NU426, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5107
    • ,
  • Terry A. Lennie, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky, Kentucky
    • ,
  • Chizimuzo Okoli, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky, Kentucky

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 Funded by an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship to Seongkum Heo and National Institutes of Health NINR R01 NR009280 to Terry Lennie.

PII: S0147-9563(08)00059-9

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.04.002

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 100-108 , March 2009

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