Comparison of the outcome in men and women with chronic heart failure

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 511-513

  de Feo, Stefania ^a   Opasich, Cristina ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Prognosis; Women

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542470661     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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