Annual rates of admission and seasonal variations in hospitalizations for heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 779-786

  Martínez Sellés, Manuel ^a   García Robles, José A ^a   Prieto, Luis ^b   Serrano, José A ^a   Muñoz, Roberto ^a   Frades, Elisa ^a   Almendral, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; NITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

EID: 0036894127     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00116-2     Document Type: Article

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