Gender differences in survival in advanced heart failure insights from the FIRST study

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1816-1821

  Adams Jr , Kirkwood F ^a   Sueta, Carla A ^a   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^b   O'Connor, Christopher M ^c   Schwartz, Todd A ^a   Koch, Gary G ^a   Uretsky, Barry ^d   Swedberg, Karl ^e   McKenna, William ^f   Soler Soler, Jordi ^g   Califf, Robert M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Sex; Survival

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0342972604     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.14.1816     Document Type: Article

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