Pulse pressure and QRS width evaluation as an inexpensive tool for heart failure assessment

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 222-227

  Beck da Silva, Luís ^a   Goldraich, Lívia ^a   Bonzanini, Laísa ^a   Rossi, Gabriela ^a   Nuernberg, Gabriela ^a   Camey, Suzi A ^a   Rohde, Luís Eduardo ^a   Clausell, Nadine ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; QRS COMPLEX; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SURVIVAL TIME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

CARDIOTONIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349764765     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2009.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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