Ethnic differences in 1-year mortality among patients hospitalised with heart failure

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1048-1053

  Kaul, Padma ^a,b   McAlister, Finlay A ^a,b   Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a,b   Grover, Vaneeta Kaur ^b   Quan, Hude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79957975319     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.217869     Document Type: Article

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