Functional evaluation of heart failure patients in primary care: The NYHA system is unreliable since intercurrent illness can give rise to similar symptoms;Funktionsvärdering av hjärtsviktspatienter i primärvården: NYHA-systemet opålitligt då annan sjukdom ger liknande symtombild

Lakartidningen

Volumn 98, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 2713-2717

  Blomqvist, Kjell ^a   Örtoft, Kjell ^a   Åkerlind, Ingemar ^b  

^a Åby Vårdcentral ^*  (Sweden)

^b Primärvårdens FoU enhet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035972974     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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