Heart failure in the elderly: Age-related differences in clinical profile and mortality

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-60

  Martínez Sellés, Manuel ^a,b   García Robles, José A ^a   Prieto, Luis ^b   Muñoa, Marta Domínguez ^a   Frades, Elisa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart failure; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AORTA STENOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444465308     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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