Association of systolic blood pressure with mortality in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A complex relationship

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-573

  Ather, Sameer ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^b   Chillar, Annirudha ^c   Aguilar, David ^a   Pritchett, Allison M ^a,d   Ramasubbu, Kumudha ^a,e   Wehrens, Xander H T ^a   Deswal, Anita ^a,e   Bozkurt, Biykem ^a,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; DBP; diastolic blood pressure; DIG; Digitalis Investigation Group; EPRP; External Peer Review Program; hazard ratio; heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction; HFrEF; HR; left ventricular ejection fraction; left ventricular systolic dysfunction; LVEF; LVSD; PH; proportional hazards; SBP; systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79952397743     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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