Congestive heart failure in subjects with normal versus reduced left ventricular ejection fraction: Prevalence and mortality in a population-based cohort

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1948-1955

  Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,d   Larson, Martin G ^a,d   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,c,d   Evans, Jane C ^a,d   Reiss, Craig K ^e   Levy, Daniel ^b,f  

^a and Blood Institute Framingham Study   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032741126     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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