Characteristics and outcomes of very elderly patients after first hospitalization for heart failure

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-307

  Shah, Rashmee U ^a,d   Tsai, Vivian ^a,c   Klein, Liviu ^b   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; HOSPITAL READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960611318     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.959114     Document Type: Article

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