Lower Extremity Performance Measures Predict Long-Term Prognosis in Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-395

  Chiarantini, Daniela ^a   Volpato, Stefano ^b   Sioulis, Fotini ^b   Bartalucci, Francesca ^a   Del Bianco, Laura ^a   Mangani, Irene ^a   Pepe, Giuseppe ^c   Tarantini, Francesca ^a   Berni, Andrea ^a   Marchionni, Niccolo ^a   Di Bari, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LEG; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951632395     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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