Copyright © 2004 by the European Society of Cardiology.
Letter to the Editor
Searching for dose-response in HF clinics
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Received July 3, 2003;
accepted July 4, 2003
* Correspondence to: Dr T. Jaarsma, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 50 3612355; Fax: 31 50 3614391
E-mail address: t.jaarsma@thorax.azg.nl
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The study of Strömberg and colleagues1is one of the first studies to describe the effectiveness of a nurse-led heart failure clinic in decreasing mortality. Although several studies on heart failure management programmes have shown promising results in decreasing readmission and