Erratum to "Effects of diabetes mellitus in patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease: A propensity-matched study of multimorbidity in chronic heart failure" [Int. J. Cardiol. 134 (2009) 330-335] (DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.089);Effects of diabetes mellitus in patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease: A propensity-matched study of multimorbidity in chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-335

  Ritchie, Christine ^a,b   Ekundayo, O James ^a   Muchimba, Maureen ^a   Campbell, Ruth C ^a   Frank, Stuart J ^a,b   Liu, Bo ^a   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Ahmed, Ali ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Diabetes mellitus; Heart failure; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 67349089015     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.022     Document Type: Erratum

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