The elderly patient with heart failure in hospital cardiology units;Ii paziente anziano con scompenso cardiaco nelle strutture cardiologiche ospedaliere

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-153

  Del Sindaco, Donatella ^a   Pulignano, Giovanni ^a   Porcu, Maurizio ^a   Scherillo, Marino ^a   Leggio, Francesco ^a   Pietro Maggioni, Aldo ^a  

^a ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; AGED; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036227407     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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