Prevalence of chronic heart failure in Southwestern Europe: The EPICA study

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 531-539

  Ceia, Fátima ^a,d,e   Fonseca, Cândida ^a,e   Mota, Teresa ^a,f   Morais, Humberto ^b,g   Matias, Fernando ^b,g   De Sousa, António ^b,g   Oliveira, António Gouveia ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b EPICA Working Group   (Portugal)

^c Portugal   (Portugal)

^d Hospital de S Francisco Xavier ^*  (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL PULIDO VALENTE   (Portugal)

^g Grupo de Investigacao EPICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Left ventricular dysfunction; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0036674339     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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