Gender-related dissociation in outcomes in chronic heart failure: Reduced mortality but similar hospitalization in women

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Lainscak, Mitja ^b,c   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Love, Thomas E ^d   Aban, Inmaculada ^a   Piña, Ileana L ^d,e   Aronow, Wilbert S ^f   Bittner, Vera ^a   Ahmed, Ali ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Golnik   (Slovenia)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Heart failure; Hospitalization; Mortality; Unstable angina pectoris

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TREND STUDY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952815366     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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