Diuretic dose and long-term outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure after hospitalization

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Abdel Qadir, Husam M ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c   Yun, Lingsong ^b   Austin, Peter C ^b,d   Newton, Gary E ^a,e   Lee, Douglas S ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 77955449792     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.05.032     Document Type: Article

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