The frequency of systolic versus diastolic heart failure in an Egyptian cohort

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Ibrahim, Bassem S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diastolic; Egypt; Heart failure; Systolic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037276061     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00175-7     Document Type: Article

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