Clinical outcomes and prognostic factor for acute heart failure in nonagenarians: Impact of hypoalbuminemia on mortality

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 574-576

  Yanagisawa, Satoshi ^a   Miki, Ken ^a   Yasuda, Nobuyuki ^a   Hirai, Toshihisa ^a   Suzuki, Noriyuki ^a   Tanaka, Toshikazu ^a  

^a Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Elderly; Heart failure; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78649957204     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.05.061     Document Type: Article

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