Predicting readmissions and cardiovascular events in heart failure patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-113

  Mejhert, M ^a,b   Kahan, T ^a   Persson, H ^a   Edner, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mortality; Quality of life; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; NEUROHORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33645392238     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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