Clinical Assessmentof Heart Failure: Utility of Symptoms, Signs, and Daily Weights

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-160

  Vader, Justin M ^a   Drazner, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disease management; Heart failure; History; Physical examination; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; THORAX PAIN; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHEST PAIN; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PULSE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 60649099200     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.11.001     Document Type: Review

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