Are there sex-related differences in specialized, multidisciplinary congestive heart failure clinics?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 451-455

  Houde, Stefanie ^a,b   Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a,b,h   Pilote, Louise ^c   Beck, Eduard J ^b,d   Giannetti, Nadia ^d,e   Frenette, Marc ^a,f   Ducharme, Anique ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestive; Health services; Heart failure; Women

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CARDIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34250619659     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70783-3     Document Type: Article

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