Gender related differences in patients presenting with acute heart failure. Results from EuroHeart Failure Survey II

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-148

  Nieminen, Markku S ^a   Harjola, Veli Pekka ^a   Hochadel, Matthias ^f   Drexler, Helmut ^d   Komajda, Michel ^g   Brutsaert, Dirk ^b   Dickstein, Kenneth ^c   Ponikowski, Piotr ⁱ   Tavazzi, Luigi ^j   Follath, Ferenc ^e   Lopez Sendon, Jose Luis ^h  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Abt Kardiologie u Angiologie   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

ⁱ MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^j FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Demographics; Echocardiography; Gender; Medication; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 38949085520     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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