One-year mortality among unselected outpatients with heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 1861-1866

  Muntwyler, Jörg ^a   Abetel, G ^b   Gruner, C ^a   Follath, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Medical Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Heart failure; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036892240     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2002.3282     Document Type: Article

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