Acute heart failure in the emergency department: Short and long-term outcomes of elderly patients with heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-314

  Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a,b   Bakal, Jeffery A ^b   Kaul, Padma ^a,b   Westerhout, Cynthia M ^b   Armstrong, Paul W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40249109785     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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