Prevalence of heart failure and systolic ventricular dysfunction in older Australians: The Canberra heart study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 151-154

  Abhayaratna, Walter P ^a,e   Smith, Wayne T ^b   Marwick, Thomas H ^c   Jeffrey, Ian M ^d   McGill, Darryl A ^d  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644624046     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00173.x     Document Type: Article

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