Peripheral edema due to heart disease: Diagnosis and outcome

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-35

  Shah, Maulik G ^b   Cho, Shaun ^b   Atwood, J Edwin ^c   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Crackles; Echocardiography; Edema; Heart disease; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31144455061     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960290108     Document Type: Review

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