Epidemiological and pharmacological profile of congestive heart failure at Turkish academic hospitals

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-38

  Ergin, Ali ^a   Eryol, Namik Kemal ^a   Ünal, Şükrü ^a   Deliceo, Abdullah ^a   Topsakal, Ramazan ^a   Seyfeli, Ergün ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure; Turkish academic hospitals

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMLODIPINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; FELODIPINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGITALIS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 1842576839     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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