Heart failure in patients seeking medical help at outpatients clinics. Part I. General characteristics

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-421

  Rywik, Stefan L ^a   Wągrowska, Henryka ^a   Broda, Grażyna ^a   Sarnecka, Aleksandra ^b   Pytlak, Aleksandra ^a   Polakowska, Maria ^a   Drewla, Joanna ^b   Korewicki, Jerzy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Servier Cardiovascular   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; NYHA class; Outpatient clinic population; Symptoms of heart failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CAUSALITY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034530844     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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