Gender and risk of adverse outcomes in heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1147-1152

  Lee, Wendy Y ^a   Capra, Angela M ^a   Jensvold, Nancy G ^a   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^b   Go, Alan S ^a,c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 7044235383     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.081     Document Type: Article

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