Gender differences in acute congestive heart failure

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 136, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 311-317

  Ritter, Myriam ^a   Laule Kilian, Kirsten ^a   Klima, Theresia ^a   Christ, Andreas ^a   Christ, Michael ^a   Perruchoud, André P ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Gender; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744967094     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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