The diagnosis of heart failure in the community: Comparative validation of four sets of criteria in unselected older adults: The ICARe Dicomano study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1601-1608

  Di Bari, Mauro ^a,b   Pozzi, Claudia ^a   Cavallini, Maria Chiara ^a,b   Innocenti, Francesca ^a,b   Baldereschi, Giorgio ^a,b   De Alfieri, Walter ^c   Antonini, Enrico ^a   Pini, Riccardo ^a,b   Masotti, Giulio ^a,b   Marchionni, Niccol̀ ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Unit of Geriatrics   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 5644240939     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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