Differences between African Americans and whites in the outcome of heart failure: Evidence for a greater functional decline in African Americans

American Heart Journal

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1058-1067

  Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne ^b   Kasl, Stanislav V ^b   Charpentier, Peter A ^b   Acampora, Denise ^b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0036089379     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122123     Document Type: Article

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