Factors identified as precipitating hospital admissions for heart failure and clinical outcomes: Findings from OPTIMIZE-HF

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 847-854

  Fonarow, Gregg C ^a,k   Abraham, William T ^b   Albert, Nancy M ^c   Stough, Wendy Gattis ^d,e   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^f   Greenberg, Barry H ^g   O'Connor, Christopher M ^d,h   Pieper, Karen ^h   Sun, Jie Lena ^h   Yancy, Clyde W ^i,j   Young, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Campbell University   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 43249087615     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.8.847     Document Type: Article

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