Prevalence and aetiology of heart failure in an Arab population

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-305

  Agarwal, A K ^a   Venugopalan, P ^a   De Bono, D ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Cardiac failure; Middle East; Oman; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034828067     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00149-5     Document Type: Article

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