Quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and their carers: A 3-year follow-up study assessing hospitalization and mortality

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1002-1008

  Iqbal, Javaid ^a   Francis, Loraine ^b   Reid, Janet ^b   Murray, Scott ^c   Denvir, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospitalization; Mortality; Prognosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955936640     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq114     Document Type: Article

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