Prognostic Stratification of Women With Chronic Heart Failure Referred for Heart Transplantation: Relevance of Gender as Compared With Gender-related Characteristics

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 648-652

  Grigioni, Francesco ^a   Barbieri, Andrea ^b   Russo, Antonio ^a   Reggianini, Letizia ^b   Bonatti, Silvia ^b   Potena, Luciano ^a   Fabbri, Francesca ^a   Coccolo, Fabio ^a   Magnani, Gaia ^a   Bursi, Francesca ^b   Magelli, Carlo ^a   Modena, Maria G ^b   Branzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHARACTER STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646814372     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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