Management of congestive heart failure: A gender gap may still exist. Observations from a contemporary cohort

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Burstein, Jason M ^a   Yan, Raymond ^b   Weller, Iris ^a   Abramson, Beth L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1342321984     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-3-1     Document Type: Article

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