Diagnosis of heart failure in elderly patients in primary care

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-81

  Owen, Andrew ^a   Cox, Stephen ^b  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular plane; Diastolic function; Heart failure; Prevalence; Primary care; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0035142157     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(00)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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