The incidence and first-year mortality of heart failure in Belgium: A 2-year nationwide prospective registration

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-335

  Devroey, D ^a,b   Van Casteren, V ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 74349100906     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02212.x     Document Type: Article

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