Diagnosis of heart failure in older adults: Predictive value of dyspnea at rest

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-307

  Ahmed, Ali ^a,b,c   Allman, Richard M ^a,b,c   Aronow, Wilbert S ^d   Delong, James F ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspnea at rest; Heart failure; Older adults; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842558600     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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