A Propensity-Matched Study of the Association of Cardiothoracic Ratio With Morbidity and Mortality in Chronic Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-347

  Giamouzis, Grigorios ^a,b   Sui, Xuemei ^c   Love, Thomas E ^d   Butler, Javed ^a   Young, James B ^e   Ahmed, Ali ^f,g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38849195675     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.08.039     Document Type: Article

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