Prevalence, aetiology and management of heart failure in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 403, 1996, Pages 77-79

  Mair, Frances S ^a,b   Crowley, Terence S ^a   Bundred, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Heart failure; Management of disease; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; LISINOPRIL; PERINDOPRIL; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COR PULMONALE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030062771     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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