Anemia and outcomes in patients with heart failure: A study from the National Heart Care Project

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2237-2244

  Kosiborod, Mikhail ^a   Curtis, Jeptha P ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^a   Smith, Grace L ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^b   Foody, JoAnne M ^a   Havranek, Edward P ^b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644522338     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.19.2237     Document Type: Article

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