Outcomes for older men and women with congestive heart failure

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 276-280

  Burns, Risa B ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a   Moskowitz, Mark A ^a   Ash, Arlene ^a   Kane, Robert L ^b   Finch, Michael ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031043111     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00940.x     Document Type: Article

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