Multimorbidity Due to Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease and Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-92

  Ekundayo, O James ^a   Muchimba, Maureen ^a   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Ritchie, Christine ^a   Campbell, Ruth C ^a   Ahmed, Ali ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149459494     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.035     Document Type: Article

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