Baseline differences in the HF-ACTION trial by sex

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Piña, Ileana L ^a   Kokkinos, Peter ^b   Kao, Andrew ^c   Bittner, Vera ^d   Saval, Matt ^e   Clare, Bob ^f   Goldberg, Lee ^g   Johnson, Maryl ^h   Swank, Ann ⁱ   Ventura, Hector ^j   Moe, Gordon ^k   Fitz Gerald, Meredith ^d   Ellis, Stephen J ^f   Vest, Marianne ^a   Cooper, Lawton ^l   Whellan, David ^m  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^j Ochsner Health Center   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; WALKING;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349410452     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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