Intrathoracic Impedance vs Daily Weight Monitoring for Predicting Worsening Heart Failure Events: Results of the Fluid Accumulation Status Trial (FAST)

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 51-55

  Abraham, William T ^a   Compton, Steven ^b   Haas, Garrie ^a   Foreman, Blair ^c   Canby, Robert C ^d   Fishel, Robert ^e   Mcrae, Scott ^f   Toledo, Gloria B ^f   Sarkar, Shantanu ^f   Hettrick, Douglas A ^f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alaska Heart Institute   (United States)

^c Genesis Medical Center   (United States)

^d The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Center   (United States)

^e Palm Beach Heart Institute   (United States)

^f MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; BODY FLUIDS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953221484     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2011.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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