Anemia does not predict mortality in elderly patients with heart failure

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Kerzner, Roger ^a   Gage, Brian F ^a   Rich, Michael W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248138005     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.05515.x     Document Type: Article

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