Race, Gender, and Mortality in Adults ≥65 Years of Age With Incident Heart Failure (from the Cardiovascular Health Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1120-1127

  Parashar, Susmita ^a   Katz, Ronit ^b   Smith, Nicholas L ^b,c   Arnold, Alice M ^b   Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Wenger, Nanette K ^a   Gottdiener, John S ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63749102997     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.043     Document Type: Article

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