A low pulse pressure is an independent predictor of mortality in heart failure: Data from a large nationwide cardiology database (IN-CHF Registry)

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 892-898

  Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Di Luzio, Silvia ^b   Coluccini, Mario ^c   Gonzini, Lucio ^b   Porcu, Maurizio ^d   Pozzar, Francesco ^e   Maggioni, Aldo P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c Day Hospital Chiarini   (Italy)

^d BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULSE RATE; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE; REGISTRIES; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 18344384088     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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