Effect of Gender, Ethnicity, Pulmonary Disease, and Symptom Stability on Rehospitalization in Patients With Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1139-1144

  Howie Esquivel, Jill ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548616266     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.04.061     Document Type: Article

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