Epidemiology of Decompensated Heart Failure in a Single Community in the Northeastern United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Goldberg, Robert J ^a   Darling, Chad ^a   Joseph, Bernard ^a   Saczynski, Jane ^a   Chinali, Marcello ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Pezzella, Steven ^b   Spencer, Frederick A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Fallon Clinic   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651092391     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.045     Document Type: Article

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