Hospital Outcome and Short-Term Follow-up of Predominatly Elderly Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Congestive Heart Failure;Evolução Intra-hospitalar e Seguimento Pós-alta de Pacientes Idosos Atendidos com Insuficiência Cardíaca Congestiva na Unidade de Emergência

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Villacorta, Humberto ^a   Rocha, Nazareth ^a   Cardoso, Rosana ^a   Gaspar, Sérgio ^a   Maia, Eduardo Reis ^a   Bonates, Therezil ^a   Kopiler, Daniel ^a   Dohmann, Hans J F ^a   Mesquita, Evandro Tinoco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Emergency department; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032013364     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x1998000300005     Document Type: Article

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