Emerging problems of heart failure practice in Japanese women - Lessons from the CHART study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2009-2014

  Shiba, Nobuyuki ^a   Nochioka, Kotaro ^a   Kohno, Haruka ^a   Matsuki, Mika ^a   Takahashi, Jun ^a   Tada, Tomohiro ^a   Kagaya, Yutaka ^a   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Non ischemic cardiac disease; Preserved systolic function; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 56849093190     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-07-1000     Document Type: Article

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