A smoker's paradox in patients hospitalized for heart failure: Findings from OPTIMIZE-HF

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1983-1991

  Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   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   Nunez, Eduardo ^h   Yancy, Clyde W ⁱ   Young, James B ^c  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospitalization; Mortality; Registry; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749128730     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn210     Document Type: Article

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