Low pulse pressure as a predictor of death in patients with mild to advanced heart failure

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-290

  Yildiran, Tansel ^a   Koc, Mevlut ^b   Bozkurt, Abdi ^a   Sahin, Durmus Yildiray ^a   Unal, Ilker ^a   Acarturk, Esmeray ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADANA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood pressure physiology; Cardiovascular diseases mortality physiopathology; Epidemiologic methods; Heart failure epidemiology etiology physiopathology; Multivariate analysis; Predictive value of tests; Prospective studies; Pulse physiology; Reference values; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICES; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TURKEY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77955381017     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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