Health-related quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 278-285

  Cline, Charles M J ^b   Willenheimer, Ronnie B ^c   Erhardt, Leif R ^c   Wiklund, Ingela ^a   Israelsson, Bo Y A ^c  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional class; Gender; Heart failure; Nottingham Health Profile; Outcome measure; Patients' assessment; Quality of life; Quality of Life Questionnaire in Heart Failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032831266     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439950141524     Document Type: Article

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