Accuracy of a heart failure diagnosis in administrative registers

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 658-660

  Kümler, Thomas ^a   Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar ^a   Kirk, Vibeke ^a   Bay, Morten ^b   Nielsen, Olav W ^c   Køber, Lars ^d   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnosis; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46349095549     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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