Where are all the women with heart failure?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1417-1419

  Lindenfeld, Joann ^a   Krause Steinrauf, Heidi ^b   Salerno, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLE; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE;

DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030659069     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00343-4     Document Type: Editorial

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