Sex differences with respect to clinical characteristics, treatment, and long-term outcomes in patients with heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-339

  Tsuchihashi Makaya, Miyuki ^a   Hamaguchi, Sanae ^a   Kinugawa, Shintaro ^a   Goto, Kazutomo ^a   Goto, Daisuke ^a   Furumoto, Tomoo ^a   Yamada, Satoshi ^a   Yokoshiki, Hisashi ^a   Takeshita, Akira ^b   Tsutsui, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Futsukaichi Saiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Prognosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960554662     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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