A prospective study found impaired left ventricular function predicted job retirement after acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 837-842

  Nielsen, Finn E ^a,b   Sørensen, Henrik T ^c   Skagen, Knud ^b  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Epidemiology; Heart failure; left; Myocardial infarction; Rehabilitation; Ventricular dysfunction; Work

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETIREMENT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 5644239623     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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