Dyspnoea versus fatigue: Additional prognostic information from symptoms in chronic heart failure?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1224-1228

  Witte, Klaus K A ^a   Clark, Andrew L ^b  

^a Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Dyspnoea; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 56349102203     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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