Relation between gender, etiology and survival in patients with symptomatic heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1781-1788

  Adams Jr , Kirkwood F ^a   Dunlap, Stephanie H ^b   Sueta, Carla A ^b   Clarke, Susan W ^b   Patterson, James Herbert ^b   Blauwet, Mary Beth ^b   Jensen, Lynda R ^b   Tomasko, Lisa ^b   Koch, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030478367     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00380-4     Document Type: Article

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