Influence of age on the management of heart failure: Findings from Get with the Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1010-1017

  Forman, Daniel E ^a,b   Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Liang, Li ^d   Yancy, Clyde ^e   Fonarow, Gregg C ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67049118937     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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