Impact of hospitalization for acute coronary events on subsequent mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-345

  Abrahamsson, Putte ^a,h   Dobson, Joanna ^b   Granger, Christopher B ^c   McMurray, John J V ^d   Michelson, Eric L ^e   Pfeffer, Marc ^f   Pocock, Stuart ^b   Solomon, Scott D ^f   Yusuf, Salim ^g   Swedberg, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Ontario Canada   (Canada)

^h SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Chronic heart failure; Prognosis; Unstable angina pectoris

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TETRAZOLES;

EID: 59749090509     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn503     Document Type: Article

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