Classification of heart failure in population based research: An assessment of six heart failure scores

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 491-502

  Mosterd, Arend ^a,e   Deckers, Jaap W ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a,b   Nederpel, Angelique ^a   Smeets, Albert ^c   Linker, David T ^d   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030875265     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007383914444     Document Type: Article

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