Variability in the clinical status of patients with advanced heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-402

  Hauptman, Paul J ^a,g   Masoudi, Frederick A ^b   Weintraub, William S ^c   Pina, Ileana ^d   Jones, Philip G ^e   Spertus, John A ^e,f  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ARRHYTHMIA; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 21244432983     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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