Development and validation of a Clinical History Form for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-47

  Acanfora, D ^a   Trojano, L ^a   Maggi, S ^b   Furgi, G ^a   Rengo, C ^c   Iannuzzi, G L ^a   Papa, A ^a   Rengo, F ^a,c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Diagnostic tool; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0031965553     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339632     Document Type: Article

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