Increases in heart failure visits after christmas and new year's day

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 307-309

  Reedman, Lisa Armstrong ^a   Allegra, John R ^a   Cochrane, Dennis G ^a  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57849144218     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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