Quality of life in patients with heart failure: Do gender differences exist?

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-116

  Riedinger, Mary S ^a,b   Dracup, Kathleen A ^a   Brecht, Mary Lynn ^a   Padilla, Geraldine ^a   Sarna, Linda ^a   Ganz, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035104622     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhl.2001.114140     Document Type: Article

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