Are elderly patients with suspected hf misdiagnosed? A primary health care center study

Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 226-232

  Olofsson, Mona ^a,b   Edebro, Dan ^c   Boman, Kurt ^a,b,d  

^a Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^b HeartNet ^*  (Sweden)

^c Heimdall Vårdcentral   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Elderly; Gender; Heart failure; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249006604     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095422     Document Type: Article

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