Long-term Significance of Killip Class and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1015-1018

  Parakh, Kapil ^a   Thombs, Brett D ^b   Bhat, Utsav ^a   Fauerbach, James A ^a   Bush, David E ^a   Ziegelstein, Roy C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Killip class; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KILLIP CLASSIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 54349089115     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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