Office management of heart failure in the elderly

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 342-348

  Rich, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart failure; Office management

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BUMETANIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; EPLERENONE; FOSINOPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; NITRATE; QUINAPRIL; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TORASEMIDE;

AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GYNECOMASTIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 16344394245     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.019     Document Type: Review

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