Use of ejection fraction tests and coronary angiography in patients with heart failure

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 906-913

  Kurtz, Christopher E ^a   Gerber, Yariv ^a   Weston, Susan A ^a   Redfield, Margaret M ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a,b   Roger, Véronique L ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33745608215     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.7.906     Document Type: Article

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