Mild hyperkalemia and outcomes in chronic heart failure: A propensity matched study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-388

  Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Ekundayo, O James ^a   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Campbell, Ruth C ^a   Sanders, Paul W ^a,b   Pitt, Bertram ^c   Perry, Gilbert J ^a,b   Bakris, George ^d   Aban, Inmaculada ^a   Love, Thomas E ^e   Aronow, Wilbert S ^f   Ahmed, Ali ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospitalization; Mild hyperkalemia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALABAMA; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77957881722     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.04.041     Document Type: Article

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