Does heart failure therapy differ according to patient sex?

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 301-305

  Lupón, Josep ^a   Urrutia, Agustín ^a   González, Beatriz ^a   Díez, Crisanto ^a   Altimir, Salvador ^a   Albaladejo, Carlos ^a   Pascual, Teresa ^a   Rey Joly, Celestino ^a   Valle, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Sex; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARVEDILOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250898587     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20098     Document Type: Article

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