Heart failure is not a diagnosis

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 526-528

  Patel, K C R ^a,c   Leyva, F ^b,c   Frenneaux, M P ^c  

^a SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; NITRATE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 40449126465     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01720.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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