Severity at entry to specialized heart failure clinics: Discrepancies between health-related quality of life and function in men and women

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-387

  Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a   Ducharme, Anique ^b   Giannetti, Nadia ^c   Frenette, Marc ^d   Michel, Caroline ^e   Grondin, François ^f   Sheppard, Richard ^e   Lauriers, Julie Des ^g   Behlouli, Hassan ^h   Pilote, Louise ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^g Public Health Department of Montreal   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION FUNCTIONAL CLASS; NORM REFERENCED 6 MINUTE WALK DISTANCE; PACEMAKER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 79960844581     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2010.12.070     Document Type: Article

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