Combined Heart Failure Device Diagnostics Identify Patients at Higher Risk of Subsequent Heart Failure Hospitalizations. Results From PARTNERS HF (Program to Access and Review Trending Information and Evaluate Correlation to Symptoms in Patients With Heart Failure) Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1803-1810

  Whellan, David J ^a   Ousdigian, Kevin T ^b   Al Khatib, Sana M ^c   Pu, Wenji ^b   Sarkar, Shantanu ^b   Porter, Charles B ^d   Pavri, Behzad B ^a   O'Connor, Christopher M ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac resynchronization; heart failure; HF device diagnostics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77950884226     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.089     Document Type: Article

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