So many definitions of heart failure: Are they all universally valid? A critical appraisal

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-228

  Tan, Lip Bun ^a   Williams, Simon G ^b   Tan, David K H ^c   Cohen Solal, Alain ^d  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Paris   (France)

Author keywords

cardiac function; cardiovascular pathophysiology; definitions; diagnosis; heart failure; reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; TROPONIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART; NOMENCLATURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951903247     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.09.187     Document Type: Review

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