Gender Differences in Patients Admitted With Advanced Decompensated Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 454-458

  Mullens, Wilfried ^a   Abrahams, Zuheir ^a   Sokos, George ^a   Francis, Gary S ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   Young, James B ^a   Taylor, David O ^a   Wilson Tang, W H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INULIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MILRINONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50949113986     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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