Is the Ability index superior to the NYHA classification for assessing heart failure? Comparison of two classification scales in adolescents and adults with operated congenital heart defects

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 542-547

  Norozi, Kambiz ^a   Wessel, Armin ^a   Buchhorn, Reiner ^b   Alpers, Valentin ^b   Arnhold, Jan O ^b   Zoege, Monika ^a   Geyer, Siegfried ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ability index; Congenital heart defects; Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; NYHA classification

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ABILITY INDEX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYHA CLASSIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; ODDS RATIO; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547109607     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-007-0530-z     Document Type: Article

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