The heart failure epidemic: Exactly how big is it?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 623-626

  Cleland, J G F ^a   Khand, A ^a   Clark, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034937939     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2000.2493     Document Type: Editorial

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