The relative lymphocyte count on hospital admission is a risk factor for long-term mortality in patients with acute heart failure

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-454

  Rudiger, Alain ^a   Burckhardt, Oliver A ^b   Harpes, Paul ^c   Müller, S Andreas ^d   Follath, Ferenc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Triemlispital Zurich ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745245593     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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