A prospective study on patients with heart failure admitted to the Internal Medicine Department;Estudio prospectivo de los enfermos ingresados por insuficiencia cardíaca en una sala de hospitalización de Medicina Internal

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 204, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 362-364

  Recio Iglesias, J ^a,b   Alegre Martin J ^a   Fernandez de Sevilla T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mortality; Rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 4043049391     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13063527     Document Type: Article

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